George Gabriel Stokes

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Pembroke_College,_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:education gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:electedFellowOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Royal_Society,_1851
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:optics
fluid dynamics
fluorescence
hydrodynamics
mathematical physics
elasticity
wave theory
light polarization
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Gabriel Stokes
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Stokes'_theorem_in_vector_calculus
gptkb:Stokes_flow
gptkb:Stokes_lines
gptkb:Stokes_shift
gptkb:Navier–Stokes_equations
gptkb:Stokes'_theorem
gptkb:Stokes_law
gptkb:Stokes_parameters
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics
gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:signature George Gabriel 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:title gptkb:Baronet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Navier–Stokes_equations
gptkb:RSC_Sir_George_Stokes_Award
gptkb:Stokes'_theorem
gptkb:Stokes_law
gptkb:Stokes_parameters
gptkb:William_Hopkins
gptkb:George_Stokes
gptkb:Stokes'_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5