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John Frederic Daniell: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born March 12, 1790 • London • England
Died March 13, 1845 (aged 55) • London • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1837)
Inventions Daniell cell • dew-point hygrometer
Notable Works “Meteorological Essays and Observations”

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Sir James Dewar
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Robert Bunsen
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William Nicholson
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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
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William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
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John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
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Sir John A. Pople
British mathematician and chemist
William Crookes
Sir William Crookes
British chemist
Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone
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Louis Pasteur
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Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English clergyman and scientist
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Alessandro Volta
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John B. Goodenough
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John Dalton
John Dalton
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Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
British engineer and inventor
James Lovelock
James Lovelock
English chemist, doctor, and author
Josiah Wedgwood.
Josiah Wedgwood
English craftsman
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Tim Berners-Lee
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