What is Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Sir George Stokes |image = Ggstokes.jpg |image_size = 220px |birth_name = George Gabriel Stokes |birth_date = {{birth date|1819|8|13|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Skreen]], [[County Sligo]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1903|2|1|1819|8|13|df=y}} |death_place = [[Cambridge]], England |fields = Mathematics and [[physics]] |workplaces = [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] |alma_mater = [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] |doctoral_advisor = <!--there was no PhD at Cambridge until 1919--> |academic_advisors = [[William Hopkins]] |doctoral_students = <!--there was no PhD at Cambridge until 1919--> |notable_students = [[John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh|Lord Rayleigh]]<br />[[Horace Lamb]] |known_for = [[Stokes' theorem]]<br>[[Navier–Stokes equations]]<br>[[Stokes' law]]<br>[[Stokes shift]]<br>[[Stokes number]]<br>[[Stokes problem]]<br>[[Stokes relations]]<br>[[Stokes phenomenon]]<br>[[Stokes parameters]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = [[Smith's Prize]] <small>(1841)</small><br>[[Rumford Medal]] <small>(1852)</small><br>[[Copley Medal]] <small>(1893)</small> |signature = |footnotes = |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt|PRS|size=100%}} }} '''Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PRS}} ({{IPAc-en|s|t|oʊ|k|s}}; 13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish [[physics|physicist]] and [[mathematics|mathematician]]. He worked at the [[University of Cambridge]], where he was the [[Lucasian Professor of Mathematics]] from 1849 until his death in 1903. He was known for his [[Navier–Stokes equations]].<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Stokes.html George Gabriel Stokes Biography]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stokes, George}} [[Category:1819 births]]