| Authorised form of name | Chenevix; Richard (c 1774 - 1830) |
| Dates | c 1774 - 1830 |
| Place of birth | Ballycommon, near Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | c 1774 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 05 April 1830 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Mineralogy |
| Activity | Education:
University of Glasgow
Career:
Chenevix family arrived in Ireland from France in 1685 as a result of the persecution of the Huguenots; studied chemistry at Glasgow under Professor Joseph Black; returned to France; wrote an important paper on the new chemical nomenclature; contributed papers to French Chemical journals; published his first paper on the analysis of an ore of the metal lead (1801); discovered Niobium (1802) and worked at Palladium and Platinum erroneously asserting that Palladium was an alloy of Platinum and Mercury; lived in Paris for some time; wrote dramas
Memberships:
MRIA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/03/1801 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1803 |
| Relationships | Son of Colonel Chenvix; married La Comtess de Ronault |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Irish Innovators
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1830-1831 No 1 p 8 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/38271793 |
| Royal Society code | NA5521 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| CB/1/3/46 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 11 March 1808 |
| CB/1/3/53 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 28 July 1808 |
| CB/1/3/57 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 19 November 1808 |
| CB/1/3/39 | Letter from R Chenevix, Madrid to Charles Blagden, Royal Society, Somerset House, London | 1807 |
| CB/1/3/58 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 1 May 1809 |
| CB/1/3/48 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 19 May 1808 |
| CB/1/1/218 | Letter from Claude Louis Berthollet, Arcueil to Charles Blagden | 3 April 1806 |
| CB/1/3/42 | Letter from R Chenevix, Paris to Charles Blagden, Royal Society, Somerset House, London | 30 November 1807 |
| CB/1/3/54 | Letter from R Chenevix to Charles Blagden | 30 June 1808 |
| CB/1/3/45 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 7 April 1808 |
| CB/1/3/52 | Letter from R Chenevix to Charles Blagden | 15 May 1808 |
| CB/1/3/51 | Letter from R Chenevix to Charles Blagden | 27 March 1808 |
| CB/1/3/56 | Letter from R Chenevix to Charles Blagden | 7 September 1808 |
| CB/1/3/44 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 7 July 1808 |
| CB/1/3/55 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 1 August 1808 |
| CB/1/3/43 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 3 February 1808 |
| CB/1/3/49 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 7 June 1808 |
| CB/1/3/47 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to R Chenevix | 29 April 1808 |
| MS/859/2/35 | Letter from Richard Chenevix, Montjeron, to Charles Hatchett | 6 June [1820] |
| MS/859/2/41 | Letter from Richard Chenevix, Montjeron par Villeneuve St Georges, Department de Seine et Oise, France, to Charles Hatchett, Bellevue House, Chelsea | 10 June 1821 |
| CB/1/3/40 | Letter from Richard Chenevix, Madrid to Charles Blagden, Brighton | 12 August 1807 |
| L&P/12/26 | Paper, 'Analysis of corundum and some of the substances which accompany it' by Richard Chenevix | 1802 |
| L&P/12/87 | Paper, 'On the action of platina and mercury upon each other' by Richard Chenevix | 1804 |
| L&P/11/165 | Paper, 'Observations and experiments on Dr James' powder' by Richard Chenevix | 1801 |
| L&P/12/43 | Paper, 'On the chemical nature of the humours of the eye' by Richard Chenevix | 1802 |
| L&P/12/20 | Paper, 'Appendix to paper on oxygenised and hyperoxygenised muriatic acid' by Richard Chenevix | 1802 |
| EC/1800/17 | Chenevix, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| CB/1/3/50 | Letter from R Chenevix to Charles Blagden | 2 February 1808 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| L&P/12/55 | Paper, 'Inquiry into the nature of a metallic substance sold in London as a new metal called Palladium' by Richard Chenevix | 1803 |
| L&P/12/8 | Paper, 'Observations and experiments upon oxygenised and hyperoxygenised muriatic acid and its combinations' by Richard Chenevix | 1802 |
| AP/3/17 | Unpublished paper, 'On the brain as an aggregation of parts' by [Johann Gaspar] Spurzheim | [1829] |
| L&P/11/157 | Paper, 'Analysis of the arseniates described by Johann Jerome Schroeter' by Richard Chenevix | 1800 |