John Hall Gladstone

John Hall Gladstone (March 7, 1827 - October 6, 1902 ) was a British chemist .

Gladstone studied at University College London and at the University of Giessen . In 1850 he became a lecturer in chemistry at St Thomas' Hospital and in 1853 at the age of 26 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society .

In 1858 he began with Thomas Pelham Dale , following the process of Marcelin Berthelot (see equation of state of Berthelot ), the work on the refractive power of liquid substances. They replace the expression by Newton (from 1666) with the simpler formula (n - l) / d, which is little influenced by temperature, but fails when the physical state of the substance changes.

He was Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution from 1874 to 1877 and President of the Physical Society from 1874 to 1876. From 1877 to 1879 he was President of the Chemical Society.

In 1897 he was awarded the Davy Medal .

literature

Dena Coleman: The life and work of John Hall Gladstone (1827-1902) with particular reference to his contribution to elementary science education at the London School Board . University of London, 1991.

Individual evidence

↑ Ludwig Darmstaedter: Handbook on the History of Natural Sciences and Technology 1866 , p. 580 (PDF file; 3.01 MB)
^ The development of modern chemistry, By Aaron John Ihde, p. 393

personal data
SURNAME	Gladstone, John Hall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 7, 1827
DATE OF DEATH	October 6, 1902

[1] Ludwig Darmstaedter: Handbook on the History of Natural Sciences and Technology 1866 , p. 580 (PDF file; 3.01 MB)

[2] The development of modern chemistry, By Aaron John Ihde, p. 393