Daniel Rutherford
Scottish physician, chemist and botanist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Scottish mathematician, see Daniel Edwin Rutherford.
Daniel Rutherford FRSE FRCPE FLS FSA(Scot) (3 November 1749 – 15 November 1819) was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.
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Daniel Rutherford | |
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Born | (1749-11-03)3 November 1749 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | 15 November 1819(1819-11-15) (aged 70)[1] Edinburgh, Scotland |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Known for | isolation of nitrogen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Physician, Edinburgh (1775–86) Professor of medicine and botany, University of Edinburgh Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1786–1819) King's Botanist in Scotland (1786-) Physician, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1791) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Rutherf. |
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