biography
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Frankland, Sir Edward
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| lived:
| (1825–99)
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| biography:
| Organic chemist, born in Churchtown, Lancashire, NW England, UK. He was introduced to chemistry as an apprentice to a druggist in Lancaster, eventually taking his PhD at the University of Marburg. He became professor at the Royal Institution, London, in 1863. He propounded the theory of valency (1852–60), and with Lockyer discovered helium in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868. He made major contributions to applied chemistry, particularly in the areas of water and sewage purification. He was knighted in 1897. |
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