Robert Rigg
1792 - 1861
- Born
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03 June 1792
Bowstead [Boustead] Hill, Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria, England
- Died
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26 February 1861
Greenford Hall, Middlesex, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 25/04/1839
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 47
- Fields of Interest
- Organic chemistry
- Occupation
- Chemist; Brewer
- Relationships
- Parents: Robinson Rigg and Jane Rigg (née Peat), daughter of Robert and Mary Peat of Seaville, an established yeoman family in the Abbey Holme Siblings: Joseph Rigg Spouse: Anne Maria Perry (January 1834), orphaned daughter of Samuel Perry, Esq, London, she died of cholera (August 1834)
- Catalogue
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Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'On the ultimate analysis of organic compounds' by Robert Rigg
Creator: Robert Rigg Reference number: AP/22/15 -
Unpublished paper, 'An experimental inquiry into the formation of alkaline and earthy bodies with reference to their presence in plants, the influence of carbonic acid in their generation, and the equilibrium of this gas in the atmosphere' by Robert Rigg
Creator: Robert Rigg Reference number: AP/23/15 -
Unpublished paper, 'An experimental inquiry into the influence of nitrogen in promoting vegetable decomposition, and the connexion of this process with the growth of plants' by Robert Rigg
Creator: Robert Rigg Reference number: AP/23/16 -
Unpublished paper, 'Experiments on the chemical constitution of several bodies which undergo the vinous fermentation and on certain results of that chemical action' by Robert Rigg
Creator: Robert Rigg Reference number: AP/23/17 -
Unpublished paper, 'Additional experiments on the fermentation of alkaline and earthy bodies by chemical action when carbonic acid is present' by Robert Rigg
Creator: Robert Rigg Reference number: AP/23/18 -
Unpublished paper, 'Experimental evidence in support of the secretion of carbon by animals' by Robert Rigg
Creator: Robert Rigg Reference number: AP/27/8
