George H. Stokes

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Mathematician
Physicist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Cambridge_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Copley_Medal
Royal Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1819-04-13
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mary_Stokes
gptkb:William_Stokes
George_Stokes_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution Fluid dynamics
Optics
Mathematical physics
gptkbp:deathDate 1903-02-01
gptkbp:field Mathematics
Physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George H. Stokes
gptkbp:influenced Lord Rayleigh
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:inventor Stokes'_theorem
Stokes'_law
gptkbp:knownFor Stokes'_theorem
Stokes'_law
Stokes'_law_of_viscosity
Stokes'_theorem_in_vector_calculus
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation Academic
gptkbp:positionHeld Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics
gptkbp:researchField Acoustics
Astrophysics
Category theory
Combinatorics
Electromagnetism
Fluid mechanics
Geophysics
Hydrodynamics
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical logic
Number theory
Set theory
Theoretical physics
Thermodynamics
Topology
Biophysics
Graph theory
Statistical mechanics
Differential geometry
Mathematical biology
Mathematical physics
Numerical analysis
Computational physics
Wave theory
Mathematical foundations
Optical physics
Relativity theory
Mathematical chemistry
Algebraic_geometry
Quantum_mechanics
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Stokes