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INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
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Pearson, George (Dr)
Physician and chemist
(c1751 - 1828)
Pearson was baptized in Rotherham, Yorkshire, in 1751. He received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1773. Pearson also studied chemistry under Joseph Black. He worked at St Thomas’s Hospital in London and then as chief physician at St George's Hospital, London. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1791 and served on the society’s council. His contributions to chemistry included discovering that sodium carbonate could be decomposed, the discovery of calcium phosphide and the observation of the spontaneous combustion in air of the gas phosphine.
Referred to as: PearsonDEP/DUA/1/44/01 DEP/DUA/1/45/30 DEP/DUA/1/47/53
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Pearson, George (Dr)
Physician and chemist
(c1751 - 1828)
Pearson was baptized in Rotherham, Yorkshire, in 1751. He received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1773. Pearson also studied chemistry under Joseph Black. He worked at St Thomas’s Hospital in London and then as chief physician at St George's Hospital, London. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1791 and served on the society’s council. His contributions to chemistry included discovering that sodium carbonate could be decomposed, the discovery of calcium phosphide and the observation of the spontaneous combustion in air of the gas phosphine.
Referred to as: Pearson
DEP/DUA/1/44/01 DEP/DUA/1/45/30 DEP/DUA/1/47/53
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Pearson, George (Dr)
