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{{Short description|Irish physicist who introduced the name electron}} | |||
{{Infobox scientist | {{Infobox scientist | ||
| name = George Johnstone Stoney | |||
| image = Biography_George_Johnstone_Stoney.jpg | | image = Biography_George_Johnstone_Stoney.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = Stoney | ||
| | | birth_date = 15 February 1826 | ||
| | | birth_place = Oakley Park, Ireland | ||
| death_date = 1911 | | death_date = 5 July 1911 | ||
| death_place = London, England | |||
| fields = Physics | | fields = Physics | ||
| work_institutions = Queen's University Galway | | work_institutions = Queen's University Galway | ||
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'''George Johnstone Stoney''' (1826-1911) was an Irish physicist who introduced the name ''electron'' for the elementary unit of electric charge. | '''George Johnstone Stoney''' (1826-1911) was an Irish physicist who introduced the name ''electron'' for the elementary unit of electric charge. | ||
== Electron naming == | |||
Stoney argued that electricity has a natural unit and later proposed the name ''electron'' for that unit. After [[Biography:J. J. Thomson|J. J. Thomson]] identified the electron as a subatomic particle, the name became attached to the particle itself. | |||
Stoney's work belongs to the pre-quantum history of charge quantization and particle physics. | |||
== | == Quantum Collection links == | ||
* [[Physics:Quantum electron]] | * [[Physics:Quantum electron]] | ||
* [[Physics:Quantum atoms/electron]] | * [[Physics:Quantum atoms/electron]] | ||
* [[Physics:Quantum elementary particle]] | |||
== References == | |||
{{reflist|3}} | |||
* {{Cite web |title=George Johnstone Stoney |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Johnstone-Stoney |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=2026-05-23}} | |||
* {{Cite web |title=George Johnstone Stoney |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Stoney/ |website=MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive |access-date=2026-05-23}} | |||
{{Author|Harold Foppele}} | {{Author|Harold Foppele}} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:33, 23 May 2026
| George Johnstone Stoney | |
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| Stoney | |
| Born | 15 February 1826 Oakley Park, Ireland |
| Died | 5 July 1911 London, England
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| Known for | Name electron; elementary charge |
George Johnstone Stoney (1826-1911) was an Irish physicist who introduced the name electron for the elementary unit of electric charge.
Electron naming
Stoney argued that electricity has a natural unit and later proposed the name electron for that unit. After J. J. Thomson identified the electron as a subatomic particle, the name became attached to the particle itself.
Stoney's work belongs to the pre-quantum history of charge quantization and particle physics.
Quantum Collection links
References
- "George Johnstone Stoney". https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Johnstone-Stoney.
- "George Johnstone Stoney". https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Stoney/.
Author: Harold Foppele