William Gregory (chemist)

William Gregory (25 December 1803 – 24 April 1858) was a Scottish physician who is probably best known today for his work in chemistry. He studied under and translated some of the works of Liebig, the noted German chemist. Gregory also had interests in mesmerism and phrenology.^[1]

References

Further reading

• Dr. Alison (1858–1859). "Account of the Life and Labours of Dr William Gregory". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 4 (49): 121–122. http://books.google.com/?id=ryfavu8Z0FsC&pg=RA1-PA121&dq=william+gregory+Edinburgh. 
• Doyle, W. P.. "William Gregory (1803-1858)". http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/public/professors/gregory.html. Retrieved 2008-09-27. 
• MacKenzie, John E. (1035). "The Chair of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries". Journal of Chemical Education 12 (11): 503–511. doi:10.1021/ed012p503. 
• Stewart, Agnes Grainger (1901). The Academic Gregories. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier. pp. 141–147. http://www.archive.org/details/academicgregorie00stewrich. 

External links

• "Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, 2003". http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imagegalaxy_imageDetail.cfm?id_image=1116. Retrieved 2008-09-27.