Science (D.Sc.) from the University of Dublin in June 1902. Stoney and FitzGerald were in regular communication on scientific matters. In addition, on political matters, both Stoney and FitzGerald were active opponents of the Irish Home Rule Movement. In their political opinion, the spirit of Irish Home Rule and later Irish nationalism was contrary to the spirit of science. Stoney resigned from his job as Secretary of Queen's University of Ireland in 1882 in objection to a government decision to introduce "sectarianism" into the system; i.e., Stoney wanted to keep the system non-denominational, but the government acceded to Irish Catholic demands for Catholic institutions. In 1902, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. Craters on Mars and the Moon are named in his honour. See also Basic concepts of quantum mechanics Planck units Stoney units References Bibliography The Infancy of Atomic Physics. Hercules in His Cradle, by Alex Keller. Oxford University 1983. "The Constants of Nature, by John D. Barrow, Jonathan Cape, London 2002. 1826 births 1911 deaths People from County Offaly Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish physicists Academics of the University of Galway Fellows of the Royal Society People from Dundrum, Dublin Members of the American Philosophical Society