Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, PRS (/stoʊks/; 13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish physicist and 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.^[1]

Sir George Stokes Bt PRS
Born	George Gabriel Stokes (1819-08-13)13 August 1819 Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland
Died	1 February 1903(1903-02-01) (aged 83) Cambridge, England
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge
Known for	Stokes' theorem Navier–Stokes equations Stokes' law Stokes shift Stokes number Stokes problem Stokes relations Stokes phenomenon Stokes parameters
Awards	Smith's Prize (1841) Rumford Medal (1852) Copley Medal (1893)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics and physics
Institutions	Pembroke College, Cambridge
Academic advisors	William Hopkins
Notable students	Lord Rayleigh Horace Lamb