George Johnstone Stoney

Description: (Physicist)
Irish physicist George Johnstone Stoney made important contributions in the areas of cosmic physics and the theory of gases. Most significant scientific work of Stoney was the conception and calculation of the magnitude of the atom or particle of electricity. He is noted for introducing the term electron to elucidate the fundamental unit of electrical charge.

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Birthday February 15, 1826 (Aquarius)
Born In County Offaly
Died on July 5, 1911
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