1766–1844
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician
77years old at death
28,448days lived
66%of the people on this site died younger
John Dalton was born on 6 September 1766 and died on 27 July 1844, aged 77 years and 325 days. That is 28,448 days in all.
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