John George Children
British scientist
Died when: 74 years 228 days (895 months)Star Sign: Taurus
John George Children FRS FRSE FLS PRES (18 May 1777 – 1 January 1852 in Halstead, Kent) was a British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist.He invented a method to extract silver from ore without the need for mercury.
He was a friend of Sir Humphry Davy, who helped him secure a controversial appointment to a post in the British Museum.
Children was also the founding president of the Royal Entomological Society.
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