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Thomas Thomson
Thomas Thomson , FRS (April 12 , 1773 – July 2 , 1852 ) was a Scottish chemist .
Born in Crieff , Perthshire , Thomas Thomson was educated at the University of St. Andrews in classics , mathematics , and natural philosophy . He went on to graduate in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1799 . However, he was inspired by Joseph Black to take up chemistry .
In 1796 , Thomson succeeded his brother, James, as assistant editor of the Supplement to the Third Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica , contributing the articles Chemistry , Mineralogy Vegetable , animal and dyeing substancesSystem of Chemistry .
Thomson dabbled in publishing , acted as a consultant to the Scottish excise board , invented the instrument known as Allan's saccharometer , and opposed the geological theories of James Hutton , founding the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh as a platform in 1808 .
In 1817 , Thomson became regius professor of chemistry at the University of Glasgow , and in 1820 he identified a new zeolite mineral , which we named thomsonite in his honour.
His portrait was painted by Robert Scott Lauder .
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Further reading
(1857) "Biographical notice of the late Thomas Thomson", Glasgow Medical Journal , 5 , 69 – 80, 121 – 153
Crum, W. (1855) "Sketch of the life and labours of Dr Thomas Thomson", Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow , 3 , 250 – 264
Thomson, R.D. (1852 – 1853) "Memoir of the late Dr Thomas Thomson", Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , 54 , 86 – 98
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