Person Chenevix; Richard (c 1774 - 1830); Chemist Chenevix Richard Chemist c 1774 - 1830 Irish Male Ballycommon, near Dublin, Ireland c 1774 Paris, France 05 April 1830

Chemistry Mineralogy 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 Son of Colonel Chenvix; married La Comtess de Ronault Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1803 Fellow 05/03/1801 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Irish Innovators Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1830-1831 No 1 p 8 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 c 1774 - 5 Apr 1830 NA5521 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 25/02/2026 RS_NET\louisianef Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/38271793 a19d5201-43b3-414b-b1d3-3681d2de2627