John Dalton John Dalton was born on September 6 1766 at Eagelsfield, Cumbria in England.Although he was born in England, he spent most of his life in Manchester.He was born into a Quaker family and while his family had food, they were still poor. His father Joseph was a weaver and John recieved most of his early education from his father. At the age of 12, John opened a school in Eagelsfield where he was the …showed first 75 words of 641 total…

…showed last 75 words of 641 total…large monument. Without question John Dalton’s biggest contribution to science was the atomic theory as well as his books on chemical philosophy and his list of atomic weights and symbols. Without John Dalton science would not be where it is at today. Bibliography: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Dalton.html Author Unknown , pressumed to be John Daltons brother Dalton, John (1808) A New System of Chemical Philosophy http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/dalton.html