Daniel Rutherford
Daniel Rutherford FRSE FRCPE FLS FSA(Scot) (3 November 1749 – 15 December 1819) wis a Scots pheesician, chemist an botanist wha is maist famous for the isolation o nitrogen in 1772.
Daniel Rutherford | |
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 Daniel Rutherford. Mezzotint engravin in 1896 efter a portrait bi Sir Henry Raeburn. | |
| Born | 3 November 1749 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Dee'd | 15 December 1819[1] (aged 70) Edinburgh |
| Naitionality | Scots |
| Alma mater | University o Edinburgh |
| Kent for | Nitrogen |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Pheesician in Edinburgh (1775-86) Professor o Medicine an Botany, Edinburgh University, an Keeper o the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1786-1819) Keeng's Botanist in Scotland (1786-) Pheesician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1791) |
| Influences | Joseph Black |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Rutherf. |
References
eedit- ↑ Waterston, Charles D.; Macmillan Shearer, A. (Julie 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index (PDF). II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 8 Februar 2011.