Dalton's early life
John Dalton was born into a Quaker family on September 6, 1766. His father, Joseph Dalton, was a modest weaver, married to Deborah Greenup. Dalton's parents had three children -- Jonathan, John and Mary. Dalton and his brother were born color-blind, which later in life, would lead to Dalton to create the term Daltonism -- a shortage in color perception caused by discoloration of the liquid medium of the eyeball.
Dalton attended a Quaker school in his village in Cumberland until, at the remarkable age of 12, started teaching there.. Then at the age of 15, after one year of working as a farmhand, Dalton returned to teaching.. This time, however, Dalton was an assistant at a Quaker boarding school in Kendal.
Sometime after Dalton became the principal of the school, working there until 1793 before becoming a tutor at New College in Manchester.. Once at Manchester Dalton pursued his interest in meteorology and started to keep .daily logs of the weather.--a habit that would follow him until the day he died. These findings regarding the pressure of the atmosphere were published in his first book, Meteorological Findings.
Dalton attended a Quaker school in his village in Cumberland until, at the remarkable age of 12, started teaching there.. Then at the age of 15, after one year of working as a farmhand, Dalton returned to teaching.. This time, however, Dalton was an assistant at a Quaker boarding school in Kendal.
Sometime after Dalton became the principal of the school, working there until 1793 before becoming a tutor at New College in Manchester.. Once at Manchester Dalton pursued his interest in meteorology and started to keep .daily logs of the weather.--a habit that would follow him until the day he died. These findings regarding the pressure of the atmosphere were published in his first book, Meteorological Findings.