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Joseph Priestley

Also known as Joseph Priestly

English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)

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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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Instance of: human
Given name: Joseph
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Birstall
Place of death: Northumberland
Mother: Mary Wells
Position held: member of the French National Assembly
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Christianity
Award: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Field of work: linguistics
Image: Jasperware cameo portrait of Joseph Priestley 01.11.008.tif
Work location: Paris
Residence: England

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Commons category: Joseph Priestley
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
member of: Lunar Society of Birmingham
date of death: 1804-02-06
influenced by: John Amos Comenius
name in native language: Joseph Priestley
writing language: English language
date of birth: 1733-03-24
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Commons Creator page: Joseph Priestley

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26 objects attributed to Joseph Priestley, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Experiments and observations on different air species

Experiments and observations on different kinds of air ...

Philosophical empiricism containing remarks on a charge of plagiarism ... interspersed with various observations relating to different kinds of air

Experiments and observations on different kinds of air. Vol. II ...

Experiments and observations on different kinds of air. Vol. III

Experiments and observations relating to various branches of natural philosophy with a continuation of the observations on air

Experiments and observations relating to various branches of natural philosophy with a continuation of the observations on air. The second volume

Experiments and observations relating to various branches of natural philosophy with a continuation of the observations on air. Vol. III

The history and present state of electricity with original experiments

History of electricity - Second volume [-third] /

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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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Joseph Priestley

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