Charles Brian Blagden | |
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 Blagden Charles (late 18th/early 19th century) by Mary Dawson Turner from a sketch by Thomas Phillips. | |
| Born | 17 April 1748 Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire |
| Died | 26 March 1820 (aged 71) Arcueil, France |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Studies of perspiration and the freezing point of solutions |
| Awards | Copley Medal (1788) |
Sir Charles Brian Blagden FRS (17 April 1748 – 26 March 1820)[1] was an English physician and chemist.[2] He served as a medical officer in the Army (1776–1780) and later held the position of Secretary of the Royal Society (1784–1797). Blagden won the Copley Medal in 1788 and was knighted in 1792.
He died in Arcueil, France in 1820, and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.[1]
- ^ a b Wilson, George (1851). The Life of the Hon. Henry Cavendish. London: Harrison and Son. p. 131.
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- ^ For a summary of Blagden's life and work, see Jungnickel, Christa; McCormmach, Russell (1996). Cavendish. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. pp. 212–16. ISBN 978-0-87169-220-7.
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