John Buddle Blyth
John Buddle Blyth (1814 – 24 December 1871) was a Jamaican-born chemist who was the first professor of chemistry at Queen's College Cork in Ireland. With August Wilhelm von Hofmann, he was the first to report photopolymerisation which they observed when styrene became metastyrol after exposure to sunlight.
John Buddle Blyth MSA | |
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John Buddle Blyth, attributed to Wilhelm Trautschold, 1845. Oil on canvas, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester. | |
| Born | 1814 |
| Died | 24 December 1871 |
| Education | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Chemist |
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| Institutions | Queen's College Cork |
| Notable works | First report of photopolymerisation |
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