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Authorised form of nameFownes; George (1815 - 1849)
Dates1815 - 1849
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth14 May 1815
Place of deathHis father's house at Brompton, Kent
Date of death31 January 1849
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityEducation:
PhD
Career:
Secretary, Chemical Society; Lecturer in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Society; Lecturer in Chemistry, Medical School, Middlesex Hospital; Professor of Practical Chemistry, University of London (to 1849);
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/02/1845
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1847
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1849 No 74 pp 882-883
References:
N G Coley, 'Henry Bence-Jones, MD, FRS (1813-1873)' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 31-56
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/15526131
CodeNA4364
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/001526Fownes, Georgecirca 1949
IM/001527Fownes, George
EC/1845/06Fownes, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/29/7Paper, 'An account of the artificial formation of a vegeto-alkali' by Geo [George] Fownes9 January 1845
PT/32/15Paper, 'On the value in absolute alcohol of spirits of different specific gravities' by Geo [George] Fownes7 June 1847
PT/29/8Paper, 'On benzoline, a new organic salt base from bitter-almond oil' by George Fownes8 May 1845
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