John Hall Gladstone
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Dr. John Hall Gladstone FRS (7 March 1827 - 6 October 1902) was a British chemist. He was educated at University College, London, and the Giessen University in Germany. He became a chemical lecturer at St Thomas's Hospital in 1850 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1853, at the unusually young age of twenty-six. From 1874-1877 he was Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution and President of the Physical Society from 1874-1876. From 1877-1879 he was President of the Chemical Society. Today, his best known work is is his publication treating the bromination of rubber. This work inspirated Samuel Pickels. Dr. Gladstone won the Davy Medal.
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