George Stokes

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/George_Stokes

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:human
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:college	gptkb:Pembroke_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:deathDate	1903-02-01
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:electedFellowOf	gptkb:Royal_Society,_1851
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics gptkb:optics fluid dynamics physics
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:George_Gabriel_Stokes
gptkbp:influenced	fluid mechanics mathematical physics
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Augustin-Louis_Cauchy gptkb:Isaac_Newton gptkb:George_Green
gptkbp:knownFor	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 gptkb:Joseph_Larmor gptkb:Horace_Lamb
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:position	gptkb:Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Mill_Road_Cemetery,_Cambridge
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:bfsParent	gptkb:St._John's_College,_Cambridge gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge gptkb:St_John's_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	George Stokes