Person Andrews; Thomas (1813 - 1885); chemist Andrews Thomas chemist 1813 - 1885 Male Belfast 19 December 1813 Belfast 26 November 1885 Burial: Borough churchyard, Belfast

Fort William Park, Belfast (after 1879)

Surgeon Chemistry Education: Belfast Royal Academy; studied under Thomas Thomson (FRS 1811) at Glasgow and under Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas (For Mem RS 1840) and L J Thenard (For Mem 1824) in Paris; Trinity College, Dublin studying classics and science; Edinburgh, MD (Edinburgh) Career: Practised medicine, Belfast (1836-); Professor of Chemistry, Royal Belfast Academic Institution; gave up practice (1845); first Professor of Chemistry, Queen's College, Belfast (1845-1879); Vice-President of Queen's College, Belfast (1845); President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1867); President, British Association (1874); declined a knighthood (1880); Memberships: MRCSE; MRIA (1849); FRSE (1870) Son of Thomas John Andrews, linen merchant, of Belfast and his wife Elizabeth Stevenson; married (1842) Jean Hardie, daughter of Major Hardie of the 42nd Highlanders Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1844 Lectures: Bakerian 1869 and 1876 Fellow 07/06/1849 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Irish Innovators Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1886 vol 41 pp xi-xv signed by A C B References: R Sharp, 'Some final thoughts of Sir John Herschel, FRS' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 183-186 J S Rowlinson, 'The work of Thomas Andrews and James Thomson on the liquefaction of gases' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 143-159 J Ke and M Poliakoff, 'The critical point of CO2 and N2: an experiment inspired by 'Notes and Records'' in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 171-174 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 19 Dec 1813 - 26 Nov 1885 NA5916 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/56913760 598e286b-584e-4149-a1ad-19e81e19ad44