Joseph Priestley
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- 1. He replicated the experiment in front of other chemists, including the ... chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who is known as the “father of modern chemistry.”
- 6. Priestly was a defender of the ... theory and was left isolated by the scientific community because he chose to reject what later became the chemical revolution.
- 7. Famous For: Invention of ... water, writings about electricty, discovery of gases (“airs”)
- 8. He was a leading contemporary thinker and covered a lot of areas other than ...
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- 2. Nationality: ...
- 3. Priestly was born into a family that was known for being ...
- 4. Born: Mar 24 [O.S. Mar 13], 1733 in Birstall, West Riding of ...
- 5. In 1774, Priestly conducted an experiment which allowed him to isolate an ... that was not yet studied.
- 6. He later assembled a ... on his account of this gas which was published in 1776.