As with many famous chemists, Edward Frankland entered science by way of pharmacy. He was born in Churchtown, England, on January 18, 1825. After completing grammar school, he was apprenticed at a local apothecary (pharmacy) shop, in preparation for a...
Sir Edward Frankland, FRS (January 18, 1825 – August 9, 1899) was an English chemist, one of the foremost of his day.[1] He was an expert in water quality and analysis, and originated the concept of combining power, or valence, in chemistry. He...
'If you fail to do so within a fortnight, or persist in your policy of insolent silence, our relations of father & son must cease.' Thus wrote the chemist Edward Frankland to his son Percy on 29 November 1889, requesting the return of...
