Joseph Priestley
1733 - 1804
- Born
-
13 March 1733
Fieldhead Farmhouse, parish of Birstall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Died
-
06 February 1804
Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 12/06/1766
- Occupation
- Presbyterian minister
- Relationships
- Married the sister of one of his pupils; three children: Sarah (1803), Joseph (1768-1833), William
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
-
Paper, 'Account of Dr Priestley's new experiments in electricity drawn up by Benjamin Franklin'
Creator: Joseph Priestley Reference number: L&P/5/12 -
Paper, 'An account of rings of prismatic colours formed by electrical explosions on metal surfaces' by Joseph Priestley
Creator: Joseph Priestley Reference number: L&P/5/13 -
Paper, 'Experiments on the latent force of electriccal explosions' by Joseph Priestley
Creator: Joseph Priestley Reference number: L&P/5/78 -
Paper, 'Of lateral explosions in an electrical discharge' by Joseph Priestley
Creator: Joseph Priestley Reference number: L&P/5/167 -
Paper, 'Observations on charcoal' by Joseph Priestley
Creator: Joseph Priestley Reference number: L&P/5/168 -
Paper, 'Observations on different types of air' by Joseph Priestley
Creator: Joseph Priestley Reference number: L&P/5/284
Recipient of
-
Letter, 'An account of persons who could not distinguish colours' from Joseph Huddart to Joseph Priestley
Creator: Joseph Huddart Reference number: L&P/6/226 -
Letter, 'Of the plan to recover people in Russia apprently deprived of life by the burning of charcoal' from Mathew Guthrie to Joseph Priestley
Creator: Matthew Guthrie Reference number: L&P/7/93 -
Letter, 'Airs from different kinds of waters' from Felice Fontana to Joseph Priestley
Reference number: L&P/7/102 -
Letter, 'Additional experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the decomposition of water and phlogiston' from James Keir to Joseph Priestley
Creator: James Keir Reference number: L&P/9/87 -
Letter, 'Additional experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the decomposition of water and phlogiston' from William Withering to Joseph Priestley
Creator: William Withering Reference number: L&P/9/88 -
Letter, 'An account of some luminous arches' from William Hey to Joseph Priestley
Creator: William Hey Reference number: L&P/9/150