Person Pattinson; Hugh Lee (1796 - 1858); metallurgical chemist Pattinson Hugh Lee metallurgical chemist 1796 - 1858 British Male Alston, Cumberland, England 25 December 1796 17961225 His residence, Scot's House, Gateshead, County Durham, England 11 November 1858 18581111 Burial: Washington, County Durham churchyard, England

Scots House, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1850)

Industrial chemist Industrial chemistry Metallurgy Education: Educated in small private schools and assisted his father in his shop, from an early age. Career: Clerk and assistant to Anthony Clapham, a soap boiler in Newcastle (1821); joined Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle (1922); became lead assay master to the lords of the manor at Alston (the Greenwich Hospital commissioners) (1825); cpnducted experiments in metallurgy, discovering the basis of his method of separating silver from lead but lack of money prevented him from pursuing this further (1829); appointed works manager at Thomas Wentworth Beaumont's lead works (1831) which enabled him to continue his experiments on refining silver until he established a workable process; resigned from Beaumont's works and set up a new chemical works at Felling, near Gateshead with John Lee and George Burnett (1834); patented two chemical processes, for making lead carbonate, and for manufacturing a white magnesium oxide, referref to as"magnesia alba"(1841); patendted his process for making a new white lead pigment, lead oxychloride (1849); established a chamical company with his partners, and brothers in law, at Washington, County Durham (1850). Memberships: FGS RAS VP of the chemical section of the British Association Parents: Thomas Pattinson, a shopkeeper, and Margaret Lee, both were Quakers. Spouse: Phoebe, daughter of John Walton of The Nest, Alston (1815) Children: Three daughters; one son; two sons died before him. Son-in-law: Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell (FRS 1874); Robert Stirling Newall (FRS 1875) Known for silver refining process and daguerreotypes. Fellow 03/06/1852 56 John Frederick William Herschel; Henry Thomas de la Beche; Michael Faraday; John Taylor; Lyon Playfair; Thomas Graham; William Allen Miller; Golding Bird; John Stenhouse; Thomas Sopwith Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 534-535 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 25 Dec 1796 - 11 Nov 1858 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 14/02/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA2813 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 14/02/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes ef468c02-947c-4f93-be11-e6135d965154