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ARTHUR AIKIN (1773-1854)

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ARTHUR
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AIKIN (1773-1854)  ,
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English chemist and mineralogist, was
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born on the 19th of May 1773, at
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Warrington in
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Lancashire . He studied
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chemistry under
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Priestley and gave
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attention to the
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practical applications of the
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science . To
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mineralogy he was likewise attracted, and he was one of the founders of the
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Geological Society of
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London, 18o7, and honorary secretary, 1812-1817 . To the transactions of that society he contributed papers on the Wrekin and the
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Shropshire coalfield, &c . Later he became secretary of the Society of Arts, and in 1841 treasurer of the Chemical Society . In
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early
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life he had been for a
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short
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time a Unitarian
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minister . He was highly esteemed as a
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man of
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sound
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judgment and wide knowledge . He died in London on the 15th of
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April 1854 .

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