Arthur Aikin, FLS, FGS (19 May 177315 April 1854) was an English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, and was a founding member of the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry).
Aikin never married, and died at Hoxton in London in 1854. ==Publications== Journal of a Tour through North Wales and Part of Shropshire with Observations in Mineralogy and Other Branches of Natural History (London, 1797) A Manual of Mineralogy (1814; ed.
He became the President of the British Mineralogical Society in 1801 for five years up until 1806 when the Society merged with the Askesian Society.
From 1803 to 1808 he was editor of the Annual Review.
In 1805 Aiken also became a Proprietor of the London Institution, which was officially founded in 1806.
He became the President of the British Mineralogical Society in 1801 for five years up until 1806 when the Society merged with the Askesian Society.
In 1805 Aiken also became a Proprietor of the London Institution, which was officially founded in 1806.
He was one of the founders of the Geological Society of London in 1807 and was its [secretary] in 1812–1817.
(London, 1807, 1814). For Rees's Cyclopædia he wrote articles about Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy, but the topics are not known. ==References== ==External links== 1773 births 1854 deaths English mineralogists English chemists People from Warrington Fellows of the Linnean Society of London People from Hoxton English Unitarians Anna Laetitia Barbauld 18th-century English writers 18th-century male writers 19th-century English writers
From 1803 to 1808 he was editor of the Annual Review.
He was one of the founders of the Geological Society of London in 1807 and was its [secretary] in 1812–1817.
He also gave lectures in 1813 and 1814.
He also gave lectures in 1813 and 1814.
His Manual of Mineralogy was published in 1814.
(London, 1807, 1814). For Rees's Cyclopædia he wrote articles about Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy, but the topics are not known. ==References== ==External links== 1773 births 1854 deaths English mineralogists English chemists People from Warrington Fellows of the Linnean Society of London People from Hoxton English Unitarians Anna Laetitia Barbauld 18th-century English writers 18th-century male writers 19th-century English writers
2, 1815) A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy (with his brother C.
He was also a member of the Linnean Society and in 1820 joined the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was highly esteemed as a man of sound judgement and wide knowledge.
He first became its Treasurer in 1841, and later became the Society's second President. ==Life== He was born at Warrington, Lancashire into a distinguished literary family of prominent Unitarians.
He was founder of the Chemical Society of London in 1841, being its first Treasurer and, between 1843 and 1845, second President. In order to support himself, outside of his work with the British Mineralogical Society, the London Institution and the Geological Society, Aiken worked as a writer, translator and lecturer to the public and to medical students at Guy's Hospital.
He was founder of the Chemical Society of London in 1841, being its first Treasurer and, between 1843 and 1845, second President. In order to support himself, outside of his work with the British Mineralogical Society, the London Institution and the Geological Society, Aiken worked as a writer, translator and lecturer to the public and to medical students at Guy's Hospital.
He was founder of the Chemical Society of London in 1841, being its first Treasurer and, between 1843 and 1845, second President. In order to support himself, outside of his work with the British Mineralogical Society, the London Institution and the Geological Society, Aiken worked as a writer, translator and lecturer to the public and to medical students at Guy's Hospital.
Arthur Aikin, FLS, FGS (19 May 177315 April 1854) was an English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, and was a founding member of the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry).
Aikin never married, and died at Hoxton in London in 1854. ==Publications== Journal of a Tour through North Wales and Part of Shropshire with Observations in Mineralogy and Other Branches of Natural History (London, 1797) A Manual of Mineralogy (1814; ed.
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