DALTON BICENTENNIAL: A TEACHER BY CHOICE.

The article features the life and works of scientist John Dalton. The child of an English weaver, Dalton started his teaching career in a village school at the age of twelve. By diligent self-study, he became eligible to teach and then become principal of a boarding school at Kendal. In 1793, he was invited to teach in the department of mathematics and natural philosophy of New College, later known as Manchester College, Oxford. Six years later when the college was moved to York, he resigned, supporting himself thereafter by tutoring. He conducted his experimental research in a study and laboratory provided by the Manchester Philosophical Society of which he was in succession a member, secretary and president.