| Authorised form of name | Tennant; Smithson (1761 - 1815) |
| Dates | 1761 - 1815 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Selby, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 30 November 1761 |
| Place of death | Bridge collapsed while he was riding over it near Bologne, France |
| Date of death | 22 February 1815 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh (studied medicine); Christ's College, Cambridge (botany, chemistry); MB; MD (1796, Cambridge)
Career:
Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge (1813 until his death); killed when the bridge he was riding over collapsed.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/01/1785 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1804 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
W A Smeaton, 'Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, FRS (1737-1816) and his Relations with British Scientists' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 113-130
L F Gilbert, 'W H Wollaston MSS at Cambridge' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 310-332
Donald McDonald, 'Smithson Tennant, FRS (1761-1815)' in NR 1962 vol 17 pp 77-94
N G Coley, 'George Pearson MD, FRS (1751-1828): 'The greatest chemist in England'? in NR 2003 vol 57 pp
161-175
W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316
M I Grossman 'Smithson Tennant: meteorites and the final trip to France' NR 2007 pp265-284 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/43034850 |
| Code | NA626 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1784/12 | Tennant, Smithson: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/8/120 | Paper, 'Of a species of lead ore recently discovered in Derbyshire' by Smithson Tennant | 1784 |
| L&P/12/33 | Paper, 'On the composition of emery' by Smithson Tennant | 1802 |
| L&P/9/194 | Paper, 'On the decomposition of fixed air' by Smithson Tennant | 1791 |
| L&P/11/25 | Paper, 'On the action of nitre upon gold and platina' by Smithson Tennant | 1796 |
| L&P/11/103 | Paper, 'Of the different sorts of lime used in agriculture' by Smithson Tennant | 1799 |
| L&P/12/79 | Paper, 'Two metals found in the black powder left after the solution of platina' by Smithson Tennant | 1804 |
| PT/8/32 | Paper, 'On the means of producing a double distillation by the same heat' by Smithson Tennant | [1814] |
| PT/1/20 | Paper, 'An analysis of the waters of the Dead Sea and the River Jordan' by Alexander [John Gaspard] Marcet | [1807] |
| PT/8/30/1 | Manuscript, 'On an easier mode of procuring potassium than that which is now adopted' by Smithson Tennant | [1814] |
| PT/8/30/2 | Plate, drawing of glass tube used in procuring potassium by [Smithson Tennant] | [1814] |
| PT/8/30 | Paper, 'On an easier mode of procuring potassium than that which is now adopted' by Smithson Tennant | [1814] |
| MC/28/275 | Letter from [James Francis] Tennant, 11 Clifton Gardens, Maida Hill, W, to [Robert] Harrison, Assistant Secretary, [Royal Society] | 31 January 1913 |