Arthur Herbert Church

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Sir Arthur Herbert Church (born June 2, 1834 in London , † May 31, 1915 ibid) was a British author , painter and chemist .

His father was John Thomas Church. After graduating from King's College London , studied at the Royal College of Chemistry and from 1857 to 1861 at Lincoln College in Oxford (MA), then in London, where he received his D.Sc. received his doctorate.

In 1863 he became professor at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester and in 1879 professor of chemistry at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He was a member of the Chemical Society. In 1914 he retired.

He was a leading authority on the chemistry of color and gave valuable assistance in the preservation of the paintings in the Houses of Parliament . The mineral Churchite is named after him and he named the mineral Woodwardite . He also published, for example, on Porcelain and Josiah Wedgwood .

He was President of the Mineralogical Society for three years . In 1888 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society . In 1909 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order .

He also painted himself and exhibited at the Royal Academy.

Publications

  • The laboratory guide; a manual of practical chemistry for colleges and schools, specially arranged for agricultural students , 1888 and newer editions
  • The chemistry of paints and painting , London, 3rd edition, 1901
  • English porcelain made during the eighteenth century, illustrated by specimens in the national collections , Chapman and Hall 1885, HM Stationery Office 1904
  • English porcelain of the eighteenth century , HM Stationery Office 1911
  • English earthenware; a handbook to the wares made in England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as illustrated by specimens in the national collections , Chapman and Hall 1884, re-edition 1904, 1911
  • Food: some account of its sources, constituents, and uses , London 1888
  • Josiah Wedgwood, master-potter , London, 1894, 1903
  • Precious stones considered in their scientific and artistic relations. A guide to the Townshend collection , HM Stationery Office 1913

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SURNAME Church, Arthur Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author, painter and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1915
Place of death London