James Sheridan Muspratt
James Sheridan Muspratt was a research chemist and teacher. His most influential publication was his twovolume book Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical and Analytical as applied and relating to the Arts and Manufactures .
James Sheridan Muspratt was born in Dublin and moved to Liverpool with his parents when he was one year old. His father, James Muspratt, was one of the biggest industrial chemicals manufacturers in the UK between 1825 and 1850. James Sheridan Muspratt attended private schools in Bootle, Merseyside, and then went with tutors to travel on the European continent. Beginning in 1836, he studied chemistry under Thomas Graham at Andersons University in Glasgow and then moved with Graham to University College London.
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