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Joseph Black
Joseph Black, detail of an engraving by J. Rogers after a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn
Joseph Black became the professor of anatomy and lecturer in chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1756. He attained this position by filling the vacancy created when his former teacher, William Cullen, was appointed to the chemistry chair at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this appointment, Black had spent two years working as a physician following the completion of his medical degree in 1754.12