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Authorised form of nameField; Frederick (1826 - 1885)
Dates1826 - 1885
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLambeth, London, England
Date of birth02 August 1826
Date of death03 April 1885
OccupationChemist
ActivityCareer:
Chemist to copper smelting works, Coquimbo, Chile (1848); Chemist and sub-manager, smelting work, Guayacan (1856-1859); Lecturer in Chemistry, St Mary's Hospital, London (1860); Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution, London (1862); Partner in the firm of J C and J Field, candlemakers (1866-1885)
Memberships:
FRSE; MRIA; FCS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election04/06/1863
RelationshipsSon of Charles Field, candlemaker, of London; brother-in-law of Sir Frederick Augustus Abel (FRS 1860)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA5550
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1863/05Field, Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/12/312Letter from Frederick Field, Villa Matusa, San Remo, Italy, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]12 March 1883
AP/39/31Paper, 'On the separation of iodine, bromine, and chlorine, and the comparative degree of affinity of these elements for silver; with some analyses of their combinations with that metal occurring in Chili [Chile]' by Frederic Field1857
AP/39/2Paper, 'On the existence of silver in sea-water' by Frederick Field16 August 1856
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
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