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BRANDE, William Thomas (1783-1866)

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Born: 1783

Died: 1866

Editorial Description

chemist and lecturer; FRS 1809, and sec of the Soc, 1816-26; FRSE 1815; son of a London apothecary; succeeded H. Davy as prof of chemistry at the Roy Inst, 1813; ed Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art (1842); much involved with the application of science to industry and with governmentsponsored science projects, all of which suited his business and utilitarian cast of mind. (DNB; DSB)

Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)

117.1 — 117.1 "Phrenology," in his Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art, London: Longman & Co, 1842: 924-6. (Militantly anti-phrenological.)

Editorial Information

Identifier	117.
Type	Person
Source	Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page	35
Printed page	30
Database ID	295

Original Transcription

117. BRANDE, William Thomas (1783-1866), chemist and lecturer;
FRS 1809, and sec of the Soc, 1816-26; FRSE 1815; son of a London
apothecary; succeeded H. Davy as prof of chemistry at the Roy Inst,
1813; ed Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art (1842); much involved with the application of science to industry and with governmentsponsored science projects, all of which suited his business and
utilitarian cast of mind. (DNB; DSB)