John George Children
John George Children FRS FRSE FLS PRES (18 May 1777 – 1 January 1852 in Halstead, Kent) was a British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist. He invented a method to extract silver from ore without the need for mercury. He was a friend of Sir Humphry Davy, who helped him secure a controversial appointment to a post in the British Museum. Children was also the founding president of the Royal Entomological Society.
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Born | Ferox Hall, Tonbridge, Kent | 18 May 1777
Died | 1 January 1852 74) | (aged
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
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Awards | Royal Institution Medal (1828) |
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Fields | Chemist, mineralogist and zoologist |
Institutions | British Museum |
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