John Stenhouse
John Stenhouse (born October 31, 1809 in Glasgow , † December 13, 1880 ) was a Scottish chemist .
John Stenhouse was born in Glasgow as the eldest son of William Stenhouse and his wife Elizabeth Currie. He studied with Thomas Thomson and Thomas Graham in Glasgow and with Justus von Liebig in Giessen . In 1839 he returned to Glasgow. From 1851 to 1857 he was a chemical lecturer at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.
Stenhouse discovered the chloropicrin and introduced one of the first respiratory masks in 1854 . He also isolated various alkaloids such as sparteine from broom broom .
August Kekulé was an assistant at his chair in 1854/55.
In 1848 he was elected a member of the Royal Society , which in 1871 awarded him the Royal Medal . In 1849 he became a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
Stenhouse died on December 13, 1880 and was buried in High Church New Cemetery , Glasgow.
Web links
- Rolf Giebelmann: Cultural history on cytisine (pdf; 25 kB)
- Entry to Stenhouse; John (1809-1880) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
- Article by / about John Stenhouse in the Polytechnic Journal
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 10, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stenhouse, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1880 |