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Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was a Unitarian minister, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society 1766.
Short Biography:
In 1791 his chapel and house in Birmingham were sacked by a mob because of his support for the French Revolution. In 1794 he emigrated to the USA.
Why is Joseph Priestley famous?
Joseph Priestley was a English chemist, who identified oxygen in 1774.
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Tags: chemist,
oxygen,
minister
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