John Hall Gladstone

John Hall Gladstone PhD, FRS, FCS
Born	1827
Died	1902
Residence	17 Pembridge Square, W
Occupation	chemist
Society Membership membership Ordinary fellow left 1902 deceased elected_AI 1880.02.24 clubs Athenaeum Club Savile club Christian Evidence Club societies Royal Society Physical Society Chemical Society Folklore Society

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proposed 1880.02.10

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John Hall Gladstone FRS (7 March 1827 – 6 October 1902) was a British chemist.[1] He served as President of the Physical Society between 1874 and 1876 and during 1877–1879 was President of the Chemical Society. Apart from chemistry, where one of his most notable publications was on bromination of rubber, he undertook pioneering work in optics and spectroscopy.

Born Hackney Middlesex; died London. Lecturer in Chemistry, St Thomas’s Hospital. Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution. Honorary degree from Trinity College Dublin. Following the death of his wife’s father, Charles Tilt, in 1861 he became independently wealthy.

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External Publications

The Voltaic Battery and The Chemistry of Fire [lectures]