Joseph Priestley Summary

Joseph Priestley 1733-1804 English clergyman, author, and chemist who first isolated such gases as oxygen, nitrous oxide, and sulfur dioxide. Priestley studied for the ministry and eventually became t... Read more

Joseph Priestley 1733-1804 English Physical Scientist and Theologian Joseph Priestley is best known for his discovery of oxygen, his fundamental studies of gases, and his contributions to the understa... Read more

Priestley, Joseph(1733–1804) Joseph Priestley, the English scientist, nonconformist minister, educator, and philosopher, was born at Birstall, Yorkshire, the son of a cloth dresser. His mother ... Read more

The English clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) contributed to the foundation of the chemistry of gases and discovered the role of oxygen in the animal-plant metabolic system.Joseph Pri... Read more

Born into a poor family in a village near Yorkshire, England, Priestley lost his mother at an early age and was sent to live with his aunt, a devout Protestant. He was educated at religious schools th... Read more

Joseph Priestley pioneered research into the nature and composition of gases involved in physiological processes, including air inspired and expired during the respiratory cycle, and was the first sci... Read more