Richard Kirwan
1733–1812
Irish chemist and mineralogist. Awarded the Royal Society’s Copley Medal for experiments on chemical affinity, 1782. President, Royal Irish Academy, 1799. FRS 1780.
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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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