G. G. Stokes

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Smith's_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1819-08-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Skreen,_County_Sligo,_Ireland
gptkbp:children five
gptkbp:deathDate 1903-02-01
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Hopkins
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Mathematical_and_Physical_Papers
gptkbp:education gptkb:Pembroke_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:electedFellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society,_1851
gptkbp:fellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:optics
fluid dynamics
mathematical physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:George_Gabriel_Stokes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label G. G. Stokes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:optics
fluid mechanics
mathematical physics
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gptkb:Stokes_lines
gptkb:Stokes_shift
gptkb:Navier–Stokes_equations
gptkb:Stokes'_theorem
gptkb:Stokes_law
gptkb:Stokes_parameters
gptkb:Stokes_phenomenon
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Arthur_Schuster
gptkb:George_FitzGerald
gptkb:John_William_Strutt
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:position gptkb:Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics
gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:signature G. G. Stokes signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Susanna_Robinson
gptkbp:termEnd President of the Royal Society, 1890
gptkbp:termStart President of the Royal Society, 1885
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:On_the_Light_from_the_Sky,_its_Polarization_and_Colour
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