Adair Crawford
Adair Crawford (* 1748 ; † July 29, 1795 in Lymington ) was a Scottish-Irish chemist.
He was a professor at the Royal Military Academy . He also practiced at times in St Thomas' Hospital .
Crawford was involved in the discovery of the element strontium in 1790 together with William Cruickshank . He was a pioneer in the field of calorimetry . Here he influenced Alessandro Volta .
In 1785 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society . In 1787 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
Works
- Experiments and Observations on Animal Heat, and the Inflammation of Combustible Bodies London: Murray, 1779
- An Experimental Inquiry Into the Effects of Tonics (Adair Crawford, John Ring, Alexander Crawford) in the Google book search
Web links
- Literature by and about Adair Crawford in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Adair Crawford. American Philosophical Society, accessed June 30, 2018 .
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 18, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crawford, Adair |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish-Irish chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1748 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1795 |
| Place of death | Lymington |