Daniel Rutherford
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Daniel Rutherford FRSE FRCPE FLS FSA(Scot) (3 November 1749 ā 15 December 1819) wis a Scots pheesician, chemist an botanist wha is maist famous for the isolation o nitrogen in 1772.
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Daniel Rutherford | |
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Daniel Rutherford. Mezzotint engravin efter a portrait bi Sir Henry Raeburn. | |
Born | 3 November 1749 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Dee'd | 15 December 1819[1] (aged 70) Edinburgh |
Naitionality | Scots |
Alma mater | University o Edinburgh |
Kent for | Nitrogen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Pheesician in Edinburgh (1775-86) Professor o Medicine an Botany, Edinburgh University, an Keeper o the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1786-1819) Keeng's Botanist in Scotland (1786-) Pheesician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1791) |
Influences | Joseph Black |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Rutherf. |
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