English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)
Joseph Priestley was an English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist who lived from 1733 to 1804 and made contributions across multiple fields of knowledge. His work in chemistry, religious thought, teaching, and political philosophy made him an influential intellectual figure of the 18th century.
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Joseph Priestley (/ˈpriːstli/; 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political theorist. He published over 150 works, and conducted experiments in several areas of science.
Priestley is credited with his independent discovery of oxygen by the thermal decomposition of mercuric oxide, having isolated it in 1774. During his lifetime, Priestley's considerable scientific reputation rested on his invention of carbonated water, his writings on electricity, and his discovery of several "airs" (gases), the most famous being what Priestley dubbed "dephlogisticated air" (oxygen). Priestley's determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution eventually left him isolated within the scientific community.
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