Person: Stokes, George Gabriel

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George Stokes established the science of hydrodynamics with his law of viscosity describing the velocity of a small sphere through a viscous fluid.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 13 August 1819, Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland. Died 1 February 1903, Cambridge, England.

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Origin Ireland, Physics


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive