Sir George Gabriel Stokes

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

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:person gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Royal_Medal gptkb:Rumford_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1819-08-13
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Skreen,_County_Sligo,_Ireland
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Cambridge,_England
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:educatedAt	gptkb:Pembroke_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:electedFellowOf	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:electionCycle	1851
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics physics
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	1st Baronet Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir George Gabriel Stokes
gptkbp:influenced	fluid mechanics mathematical physics
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Navier–Stokes_equations gptkb:Stokes'_theorem gptkb:Stokes_law gptkb:Stokes_parameters gptkb:optics fluid dynamics fluorescence
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Arthur_Schuster gptkb:George_FitzGerald gptkb:John_William_Strutt
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:signature	Stokes_GG_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Mary_Susanna_Robinson
gptkbp:termEnd	1890
gptkbp:termStart	1885
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Baronet gptkb:Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3