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John Dalton
John Dalton.
Before moving to Manchester in 1793, John Dalton taught at a school in Kendal that he and his older brother, Jonathan, had purchased together. Prior to that, he began his teaching career at the age of 12 by assisting his brother at a Quaker grammar school in Eaglesfield.1