George Gabriel Stokes

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Mathematician
gptkb:Physicist
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Dublin
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:born June 13, 1819
gptkbp:children gptkb:George_Stokes
gptkb:Arthur_Stokes
gptkb:Frances_Stokes
gptkb:William_Stokes
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:optics
mathematical physics
fluid dynamics
gptkbp:died February 1, 1903
gptkbp:field gptkb:Mathematics
physics
gptkbp:field_of_study gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
gptkb:Physics
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:statistical_mechanics
engineering
thermodynamics
mathematical analysis
electromagnetism
wave theory
geophysics
optical physics
mathematical biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Gabriel Stokes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lord_Rayleigh
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:William_Rowan_Hamilton
gptkbp:known_for Stokes' law
Stokes' theorem
gptkbp:member gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Irish_Academy
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:J._J._Thomson
gptkb:G._N._Watson
gptkb:H._F._Baker
gptkb:G._H._Hardy
gptkb:E._H._Moore
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Academic
gptkbp:place_of_birth Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:position_held Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Frances_Stokes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Navier-Stokes_equations
gptkb:Rayleigh–_Taylor_instability
gptkb:G._H._Stokes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6