What education did John Dalton receive?
At age 15 J Dalton joined his brother at Quaker school at
Kendal. He acquired much of his knowledge by some informal way.
John Gough, a blind philosopher taught him sciences and art. He
achieved his first knowledges in Meteorology from another prominent
Quaker at Eaglesfield.From 1787 at age 21 he started keeping a
diary on Metereology. At age 57, he already had more than 200 000
observations. He re-discovered theory of atmospheric circulation by
George Hadley.