Richard Phillips (chemist)
Richard Phillips (21 November 1778 – 11 May 1851), was distinguished as a British chemist, and became fellow of the Royal Society in 1822. He was born in Lombard Street, London on 21 November 1778, married Ann Rickman on 14 April 1807 and died 11 May 1851 in Camberwell, being buried in Norwood Cemetery.[1] He was appointed chemist and curator to the Museum of Economic (afterwards Practical) Geology, at Charing Cross (1839). He was the author of papers published in the Annals of Philosophy and Philosophical Magazine.
In 1796, he and his brother William Phillips, together with William Allen and Luke Howard, took part in forming the Askesian Society. He was one of the founders of the Chemical Society and its president from 1849–51, and prominent in the British Association.[1]
Phillips was a Quaker and a friend of Michael Faraday.[1]. He was the son of Richard Phillips (1745–1799), a Quaker printer and his wife, Mary. His paternal grandfather was William Phillips, husband of Catherine Payton Phillips, a Quaker travelling Minister (his late second marriage).
[edit] Works
- A Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, of London, 1824 : with Notes and Illustrations. Phillips, London 1824 digital
- Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1836. 4. ed. Highley, London 1841 digital
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed 9 Feb 2010
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Phillips, William". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
[edit] Further reading
- ODNB article by Frank A. J. L. James, ‘Phillips, Richard (1778–1851)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 27 Sept 2010
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