Whose Idea Did Dalton Revive?

John Dalton

was born in 1766 and died in 1844. His atomic theory was developed in the 1800s. This scientist revived the ideas of Greek Philosophers, Democritus and Leucippus who thought there was a limit to the size that things could be broken down into. They called these pieces atoms.

Who revived the atomic theory?

The ancient atomic theory was proposed in the 5th century bc by the Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus and was revived in the 1st century bc by the Roman philosopher and poet Lucretius.

What idea did John Dalton develop?

Dalton's atomic theory proposed that all matter was composed of atoms, indivisible and indestructible building blocks. While all atoms of an element were identical, different elements had atoms of differing size and mass.