Richard Muspratt

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Richard Muspratt
Born	(1822-08-13)August 13, 1822 Liverpool, England
Died	August 18, 1885(1885-08-18) (aged 63)
Citizenship	English
Fields	Chemist
Alma mater	University of Giessen
Doctoral advisor	Justus von Liebig
Known for	Alkali manufacture
Notes The second son of James Muspratt

Richard Muspratt (13 August 1822 – 18 August 1885) was a chemical industrialist.

Richard Muspratt was born in Liverpool, England, the second son of James Muspratt and his wife Julia Josephine née Connor. His father was also a chemical industrialist who had established factories in Liverpool, St Helens and Newton-le-Willows. Richard was sent by his father to study chemistry under Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.^[1]

In 1852 with financial support from his father he set up an alkali manufacturing factory in Flint, North Wales, in partnership with John Kingsby Huntley and set up a permanent home there.^[2]

In 1843 he married Jane Moon from Manchester. They had three sons and a daughter. Muspratt took an interest in local politics, was a J.P. and in 1857 was elected mayor of Flint.^[3] In all he was mayor 9 times and in 1877 his wife presented a chain of office to the town.^[4]

References

Citations

↑ Hardie (1950), p. 22
↑ Hardie (1950), p. 38
↑ Clwyd archives, Rootsweb, retrieved 2007-07-02
↑ Flint Town Hall, Flint Through the Ages, retrieved 2008-12-11

Sources

Hardie, David William Ferguson (1950), A History of the Chemical Industry of Widnes, London: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, General Chemicals Division, OCLC 7503517

Persondata
Name	Muspratt, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	English chemist and industrialist
Date of birth	13 August 1822
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	18 August 1885
Place of death

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