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Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

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Sir George Stokes

Born13 August 1819(1819-08-13)
Skreen, Coonty Sligo, Ireland
Dee'd1 Februar 1903(1903-02-01) (aged 83)
Cambridge, Ingland
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
Kent forStokes' law
Stokes' theorem
Stokes line
Stokes nummer
Stokes relations
Stokes shift
Navier–Stokes equations
AwairdsSmith's Prize (1841)
Rumford Medal (1852)
Copley Medal (1893)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics an physics
InstitutionsPembroke College, Cambridge
Academic advisorsWilliam Hopkins
Notable studentsHorace Lamb
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Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, PRS (13 August 1819 – 1 Februar 1903), wis a mathematician, physicist, politeecian an theologian.