John Buddle Blyth
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Not to be confused with John Buddle.
John Buddle Blyth (1814 – 24 December 1871) was a Jamaican-born chemist who was the first professor of chemistry at Queen's College Cork in Ireland. With August Wilhelm von Hofmann, he was the first to report photopolymerisation which they observed when styrene became metastyrol after exposure to sunlight.
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John Buddle Blyth | |
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Born | 1814 |
Died | 24 December 1871 |
Education | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Chemist |
Medical career | |
Institutions | Queen's College Cork |
Notable works | First report of photopolymerisation |
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