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  1. Apr 9, 2006 · John Dalton was the first scientist to take academic interest in the subject of color blindness. He was born September 6, 1766 in Eaglesfield, England and died July 27, 1844 of paralysis.

  2. Jan 22, 2017 · The authors of “The Chemistry of John Dalton’s color Blindness (1995),” explain that to a deuteranope, the “red part of the spectrum will look dim because the regions that look yellow, orange and red to normal observers are for him all of the same hue, but red is of lower luminosity than the yellow and orange regions to which it is ...

  3. Overview. About John Dalton. John Dalton was an eminent chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He was born in Eaglesfield in Cumberland (now part of Cumbria) on the 6th of September 1766. He is best known for introducing atomic theory into chemistry, and for his research into colour blindness.

  4. Biography. Early Life and Education. John Dalton was born on September 6, 1766, in Eaglesfield, a small village in Cumberland, England. He was the third of six children born to Joseph Dalton, a weaver, and Deborah Greenup. The Dalton family belonged to the Quaker faith, which emphasized values such as simplicity, hard work, and education.

  5. JOHN DALTON (1766-1844), the celebrated physicist, and founder of the atomic theory of chemistry, was born September 5, 1766, at Eaglesfield, 2 3/4 miles south-west of Cockermouth, in Cumberland. His grandfather, Jonathan Dalton, was a member of the Society of Friends, and Dalton as well as his parents belonged to that body.

  6. John Dalton (born September 5 or 6, 1766, Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England—died July 27, 1844, Manchester) was an English meteorologist and chemist, a pioneer in the development of modern atomic theory. Early life and education.

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  8. Sep 6, 2016 · How did the life and observations of chemist John Dalton help us understand colour blindness? ‘Blue, not vivid’, wrote the chemist John Dalton in 1798-99, to describe the knot of silk thread glued into the top of this notebook.