William P Griffith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4389566 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William P Griffith |
| GIVEN NAMES | William P |
| FAMILY NAME | Griffith |
| SIGNATURE | GRIFFITH W P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Imperial College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Culture, Politics and National Identity in Wales 1832–1886
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Priestley in London
Joseph Priestley was more a visitor to London than a resident, though I he spent three troubled years in Hackney after the riots of 1791 had destroyed his house, laboratory and chapels in Birmingham. Nevertheless, his annual visits from 1766 to the Royal Society, to clubs and coffee houses, to Unitarian chapels and the homes of his many friends in London provided much of the stimulus for his scientific, religious and political thought. Although t…
Charles Hatchett FRS (1765-1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium
Charles Hatchett, the discoverer of the element now called niobium, was the son of a famous coachbuilder, and delivered in person one of his father's coaches to Catherine the Great. It was partly this journey to St Petersburg that stimulated his lifelong interest in chemistry and mineralogy. Using an American mineral in the Hans Sloane collection of the British Museum dating back to 1753 he showed that it contained a new element, which he called …
Culture, Politics and National Identity in Wales 1832–1886
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