Darwin Correspondence Project

  Chemist and astronomer . Professor of chemistry, King’s College, London, from 1845. Pioneered the use of spectroscopic analysis in chemistry. Developed a telescope to give spectra of celestial objects, providing detailed information on stellar chemistry. FRS 1845.

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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 9,11,12