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Democritus

     He was born in Abdera, Greece in 460 BC. He learned 

about the atomic theory from Leucippus(the founder of the 

atomic theory). Democritus discovered that atoms are 

infinite in number, they can join together to create objects 

and the objects can be destroyed when atoms separate, and 

atoms are the minimal quantity of matter.

Robert Boyle

     He was born in Ireland on January 25, 1627. Boyle is 

known as the "Father of Modern Chemistry". He was 

involved in many fields of science, philosophy, and theology. 

He often discussed the topic about elements.

Antoine Lavoiser

     He was born in Paris on August 26, 1743. He attended 

College des Quatre Nations. Lavoiser was a chemist, 

economist, and a public servant. He changed chemistry from a 

qualitative to a quantitative science.

John Dalton

     He was born in 1766. Dalton was an English chemist with a Quaker 

background. He was a pioneer meteorologist, and he worked on the atomic 

theory.

Dmitri Mendeleev

     Mendeleev was born in Siberia in the year 1834. His father 

died when Dmitri was still in high school, and his mother 

worked very hard to get him into college. He changed the 

understanding of properties of atoms; created the periodic 

table of elements.

Eugen Goldstein

     Eugen was born in Gliwice, Poland on September 5, 1850. 

Goldstein was a physicist and he discovered amode rays.

J.J. Thomson

     J.J. was born in Manchester on December 18, 1856. He 

attended Owens College, Manchester and Trinity College, 

Cambridge. Thomson discovered the method of separating 

atoms and molecules along with discovering electrons.

Max Planck

     He was born in Kiel, Germany on April 23, 1858. Planck 

studied at the Universities of Munich and Berlin. He received 

his doctorate of philosophy at Munich in 1879. Planck worked 

on the quantum theory and discovered that energy is not 

continuous.

Robert Millikan

     Millikan was born in Morrison, Illinois on March 22,1868. He 

was appointed Fellow in Physics at Columbia University. 

Millikan discovered the charge of electrons.

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