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Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet: Quick Facts

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Born August 13, 1819 • Ireland
Died February 1, 1903 (aged 83) • Cambridge • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1893)
Subjects Of Study Stokes’s law • viscosity
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