George Johnstone Stoney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Johnstone Stoney

Anglo-Irish physicist

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1826

Place of Birth: County Offaly, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1911

Profession: astronomer, physicist

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

George Johnstone Stoney FRS (15 February 1826 – 5 July 1911) was an Irish physicist.
He is most famous for introducing the term electron as the "fundamental unit quantity of electricity".He had introduced the concept, though not the word, as early as 1874, initially naming it "electrine", and the word itself came in 1891.
He published around 75 scientific papers during his lifetime.