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TENNANT, SMITHSON (1761-1815) , English chemist, was born at Selby, Yorkshire, on the 3oth of November 1761. He began to study medicine
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Cambridge , where he devoted himself to botany and chemistry . He graduated M.D. at Cambridge in 179o, and about the same time purchased
chemistry at Cambridge in 1813, but livedTENNENT to deliver only one course of lectures, being killed near Boulogne on the 22nd of February
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iridium and osmium , which he found in the residues from the solution of platinum ores (1804). He also contributed to the proof of the identity of diamond and charcoal.End of Article: TENNANT, SMITHSON (1761-1815) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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