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James Price | |
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| Born | 1752 |
| Died | 3 August 1783 (aged 30–31) |
| Education | Oxford University (M.A., 1777; M.D., 1778) |
| Occupation(s) | Chemist, alchemist |
James Price (1752–1783), born James Higginbottom, was an English chemist and alchemist who claimed to be able to turn mercury into silver or gold. When challenged to perform the conversion a second time in front of credible witnesses, he instead died by suicide, by drinking prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide).