George Stokes

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George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics.

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Generate an image of George Stokes (George Stokes was a 19th-century Irish mathematician and physicist renowned for his foundational work in fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics.)

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George Gabriel Stokes 26
George Stokes canonical 4
Sir George Gabriel Stokes 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish person ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree Senior Wrangler (Cambridge Mathematical Tripos) ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1819-08-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1903-02-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Cambridge, England ⓘ
educatedAt Pembroke College, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Stokes ⓘ
fieldOfWork applied mathematics ⓘ
fluid dynamics ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
optics ⓘ
fullName George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
linked to: George Stokes
givenName George ⓘ
influenced electromagnetism ⓘ
fluid mechanics ⓘ
vector calculus ⓘ
influencedBy Augustin-Jean Fresnel ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
Siméon Denis Poisson ⓘ
knownFor Navier–Stokes equations ⓘ
Stokes parameters ⓘ
Stokes shift ⓘ
Stokes' law ⓘ
Stokes' theorem ⓘ
contributions to mathematical analysis ⓘ
work on fluorescence ⓘ
work on hydrodynamics ⓘ
work on the wave theory of light ⓘ
memberOf Cambridge Philosophical Society ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
notableConcept Stokes parameters in polarization optics ⓘ
linked to: Stokes parameters

Stokes shift in spectroscopy ⓘ
linked to: Stokes shift

Stokes' law of viscosity ⓘ
linked to: Stokes' law

Stokes' theorem in vector calculus ⓘ
linked to: Stokes' theorem
positionHeld Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge ⓘ
President of the Royal Society ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Cambridge, England ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, England ⓘ

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Navier–Stokes equations → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Pembroke College, Cambridge → notableAlumnus → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge → hasAlumnus → Sir George Stokes ⓘ
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George Gabriel Stokes → fullName → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes–Einstein relation → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Claude-Louis Navier → influenced → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes flow → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes Medal → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes → hasNotableBearer → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland → hasNotablePerson → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland → birthplaceOf → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes' theorem → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes' law → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes parameters → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes shift → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes shift → firstDescribedBy → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Senior Wrangler (Cambridge Mathematical Tripos) → hasNotableLaureate → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Claude-Louis Navier → influenced → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
subject linked to: Claude-Louis
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George Gabriel Stokes Medal → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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George Green → hasInfluenced → George Stokes ⓘ
Stokes lines → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes phenomenon → namedAfter → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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Stokes phenomenon → introducedBy → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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On the theories of the internal friction of fluids in motion → author → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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On the theories of the internal friction of fluids in motion → hasAuthorFullName → Sir George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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On the Effect of the Internal Friction of Fluids on the Motion of Pendulums → author → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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On the composition and resolution of streams of polarized light → author → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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On the composition and resolution of streams of polarized light → hasAuthor → George Gabriel Stokes ⓘ
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An Scrín → hasNotablePerson → George Stokes ⓘ