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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George Gabriel Stokes 19
George Stokes canonical 2
Sir George Stokes 1

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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
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George Gabriel Stokes Medal namedAfter George Gabriel Stokes
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