William Henry (chemist)
William Henry Manchester, England | |
|---|---|
| Died | 2 September 1836 (aged 61) Pendlebury, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Henry's law |
| Awards | Copley Medal (1808) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry Physician |
William Henry Henry's Law.
Life
William Henry was apprenticed to
Mechanics' Institute, the original precursor of University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1809, having been awarded their prestigious Copley Medal in 1808.[6]
He shot himself in his private chapel at Pendlebury, near Manchester, in 1836.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ An injury in childhood caused him intermittent pain throughout his life.
References
- ^ required.)
- ^ The Book of Manchester and Salford; for the British Medical Association. Manchester: George Falkner & Sons, 1929; pp. 34-35
- .
- ^ Henry's manual on chemistry and Parkes's manual on chemistry are mentioned by Charles Darwin as books that he studied before attending Cambridge. Darwin, Charles (1901). The life and letters of Charles Darwin. Vol. 1. D. Appleton. p. 32.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Henry, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 302.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
Further reading
- Elwood, Willis J. & Tuxford, A. Felicité (eds.) (1984) Some Manchester Doctors: a biographical collection to mark the 150th anniversary of the Manchester Medical Society, 1834-1984. Manchester: Manchester University Press
- Henry, William Charles (1837) A Biographical Account of the late Dr Henry. Manchester: F. Looney (Dr William Charles Henry, also known as Dr Charles Henry, was a son of William Henry; he donated the first collection of scientific books to the Owens CollegeLibrary in 1851.)
External links
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- Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 26. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Thornber, Craig. "Thomas Henry, FRS and his son William Henry, MD, FRS, GS".