Richard Phillips (chemist)
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 .
literature
- Frank AJL James: Phillips, Richard (1778-1851) , in: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Online edition 2004. doi: 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 22168
- Philipps, William , in: Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 21. 1911 (with a paragraph about Richard Philipps)
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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 |