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Joseph Wilson Swan

1828 - 1914

Born

31 October 1828

Pallion Hall, near Sunderland, Durham, England

Died

27/05/1914

Overhill, Warlingham, Surrey, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
07/06/1894
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
66
Fields of Interest
Chemist and inventor
Occupation
Physicist, chemist and inventor
Relationships
Parents: John Swan (b. 1794/5) and Isabella, née Cameron. Spouse: 1) Frances (1829/30–1868), school teacher, daughter of a Liverpool merchant, William White (1862) 2) Hannah White, his deceased wife's sister (1871) Children: Three children from his first marriage, and five children from his second marriage.

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