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Edward Turner

British chemist

Died when: 40 years 233 days (487 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Edward Turner

Edward Turner FRS FRSE FRCPE (24 June 1796 – 12 February 1837) was a Jamaican-born, British physician and chemist, known for his work on atomic weights, and as a populariser of the atomic theory of Dalton.

He was the author of a popular chemistry textbook that was the first to incorporate chemical symbols and formulae as well as organic chemistry.


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