William Gregory (chemist)
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William Gregory FRCPE FRSE FCS was a Scottish medical doctor and chemist. He studied under and translated some of the works of Justus von Liebig, the German chemist. Gregory also had interests in mesm
William Gregory
The Gregory family home at 10 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh
The Gregory grave, Canongate Churchyard, Edinburgh
Thomas Charles Hope
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Thomas Charles Hope was a Scottish physician, chemist and lecturer. He proved the existence of the element strontium, and gave his name to "Hope's Experiment", which shows that water reaches its maxim
William Gregory (chemist)
…of medicine and chemistry in King's College, Aberdeen. In 1844 he was elected to the chair of chemistry at Edinburgh in succession to his old teacher Thomas Charles Hope. Andrew Fyfe filled his post in Aberdeen having unsuccessfully also contested the Edinburgh chair. He was a successful expository lecturer, but in his…
Thomas Charles Hope, portrait by Henry Raeburn
Bust of Thomas Charles Hope by Sir John Steell, Old College, University of Edinburgh
31 Moray Place, Edinburgh
The Hope grave, Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh