John Dalton was born in September 5,1766 in Eaglesfield in Cumberland, England. Dalton and his family lived in a small country house. His family had been Quakers since 1690. Quakers where members of a society of friends. John had a brother named Mary and A brother named Charles, when he was born his brother was twelve years old and his sister was two years old. Dalton's birth was not recorded, so when he grew up older he …showed first 75 words of 1479 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1479 total…considered himself a teacher and earned his living by teaching and lecturing others until 1833, when he was given an annual civil pension. Today units of atomic mass are often referred to as dalton's on honor of John Dalton. His analytical apparatus could be called the worlds first mass spectrometer. Dalton would always be remember for his contributions to science. He was the only one that form a basis for the periodic table of the elements