Thomas Charles Hope
British physician, chemist and lecturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Charles Hope FRSE FRS PRCPE FFPSG(21 July 1766 – 13 June 1844) was a Scottish physician, chemist and lecturer. He proved the existence of the element strontium,[2][3] and gave his name to Hope's Experiment, which shows that water reaches its maximum density at 4 °C (39 °F).[2]
Thomas Charles Hope | |
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Born | (1766-07-21)21 July 1766 Edinburgh, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain |
Died | 13 June 1844(1844-06-13) (aged 77) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Paris |
Known for | Maximum density of water (Hope's experiment) Discovery of strontium |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry, medicine |
Institutions | Lecturer in chemistry, University of Glasgow Professor of medicine and chemistry, University of Edinburgh President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1815–1819) |
Thesis | Tentamen inaugurale, quaedam de plantarum motibus et vita complectens (1787) |
Doctoral advisor | Joseph Black |
In 1815 Hope was elected as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1815–19), and as vice-president of Royal Society of Edinburgh (1823–33) during the presidencies of Walter Scott and Thomas Makdougall Brisbane.
Charles Darwin was one of Hope's students, and Darwin viewed his chemistry lectures as highlights in his otherwise largely dull education at the University.[4]