John Dalton (nonfiction)

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John Dalton.

John Dalton FRS (/ˈdɔːltən/; 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist. He is best known for proposing the modern atomic theory, and for his research into color blindness, sometimes referred to as Daltonism in his honor.

On September 3, 1803, Dalton began using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.

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