| Authorised form of name | Turner; Edward (1796 - 1837) |
| Dates | 1796 - 1837 |
| Place of birth | Clarendon, Jamaica |
| Date of birth | 24 June 1796 |
| Place of death | Hampstead, London |
| Date of death | 12 February 1837 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Kensal Green Cemetery, London |
| Research field | Analytical chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
MD
Career:
First professor of chemistry at UCL (1828)
Memberships:
FRSE; FRCPE; Corresponding Member, Royal Society of Gottingen; FGS; Honorary Member, Plinian Society of Edinburgh; Member, Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/03/1830 |
| Relationships | Son of Dutton Turner and Mary Gale; |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1837 No 30 pp 13-14
References:
V Gold, 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Appointment of J F Daniell, FRS, as Professor of Chemistry at King's College London' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 25-29
Notes:
DNB gives date of death as 13 February 1837 but headstone steates date of death as 12 February 1837. DSB gives year of birth as 1796; left edge of certificate damaged |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/76539783 |
| Royal Society code | NA8292 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1830/11 | Turner, Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/2/127 | Letter from Edward Turner, Secretary of the Geological Society, to John George Children, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 11 June 1834 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |