Joseph+Priestley

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__**Birth- March 13th, 1733**__


 * __Death- February 6th, 1804

Birthplace- Leeds, England

Known For- He played a big part in the contribution to the chemistry and study of gasses.__**


 * __Career- English Chemist, teacher, and prebyterian preist. With Priestley's years as a chemist, he used the "fixed air" around him to conduct his expirements.

Interesting Facts- One day, a church-and-king mob destroyed the new meeting house and his labratory and all of his equipment was destroyed. When he would go on trips to London, he met Benjamin Franklin. He used air from a local wine brewery for his expierements. He called the air around him "FIXED AIR." He was also the librarian of Lord Shelbourn. He created soda water too!

Citations- Daintith, John et.al.Ed. "Joseph Priestley." The Grolier Of Scientific Biographies. Danbury, CT: Grolier Education, 1996

Robert E. Schofield."Joseph Priestly" Dictionary Of Science Biography. Charles Houston, Gillepepsie, Ed. New York. Charles Scribners Sons

Bitanica online Encyclopedia: http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9061366?query=Joseph%20Priestley&ct=null__**