Richard Phillips (chemist)

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Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips (born November 12, 1778 in London , † May 11, 1851 there ) was a British chemist.

Phillips was a Quaker and the son of the printer and bookseller James Phillips. His brother William Phillips later became a geologist. He took an early interest in chemistry and studied with George Fordyce and the Quaker William Allen . With William Allen, Luke Howard , William Haseldine Pepys , his brother William Phillips and others, he founded the Askesian Society in 1796 , which existed until 1807. Later, like his brother, he was a founding member of the Geological Society of London . He taught chemistry at the Royal London Hospital from 1817 and was professor at the Royal Military College from 1818 . From 1839 until his death he was a chemist and curator at the Museum of Geology in London.

He was a contributor to Thomas Thomson's Annals of Philosophy and Philosophical Magazine.

In 1841 he was a founding member of the Chemical Society and in 1849 its president until his death. He was a friend of Michael Faraday .

In 1822 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1819 the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

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SURNAME Phillips, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chemist
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1851
Place of death London