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BACKGROUND

• Born: September 6, 1766 in England
• His family was of the Quaker group
• No college education so he taught himself math and science
• Math and philosophy teacher at New College in Manchester
• Then, he became the principle at age 19

IDEAS

• Discovered that elements are made up of atoms
• Studied colorblindness
• All gasses can be liquified
• Dalton's Atomic Theory

DALTON'S ATOMIC THEORY

• Elements are made up of identical atoms
• Atoms cannot be created, destroyed, or split
• All elements have different masses and reactions
• In a chemical reaction, atoms link together or separate

WORKS CITED

• famousscientists.org
• biography.com
• wikipedia.org