biography
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| lived:
| (1733–1804)
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| biography:
| Chemist and clergyman, born in Fieldhead, West Yorkshire, N England, UK. In 1755 he became a Presbyterian minister, and after moving to Leeds in 1767 took up the study of chemistry. He is best known for his research into the chemistry of gases, and for his discovery of oxygen (1774). He also wrote an English grammar and books on education and politics. His controversial views on religion and political theory (he was a supporter of the French Revolution) led him in 1794 to leave in fear of his life for America, where he was well received. |
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