James Keir
1735–1820
Scottish chemist and industrialist. Studied medicine at Edinburgh University, where he began a lifelong friendship with Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802). Abandoned medicine and served in the army, 1757–68. Moved to Birmingham and established several chemical businesses over the next four decades. A member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham. Author of several poems and many scientific works. FRS 1785.
Source
ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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