biography
pronunciation:
[akuhm]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1769–1838)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Bückeburg, NC Germany. In 1793 he moved to London, where he pioneered the introduction of gas lighting, and did much to arouse public opinion against unclean food and dishonest trading. |
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