Thomas Graham FRS FRSE
(1805-1869)

Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, chemist, Professor of Chemistry, Master of the Mint, and founder of the Chemical Society of London

Died aged c. 64

Thomas Graham FRS FRSE DCL (21 December 1805 – 16 September 1869) was a British chemist known for his pioneering work in dialysis and the diffusion of gases. He is regarded as one of the founders of colloid chemistry.

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Thomas Graham (1805-1869) Born in Glasgow and Professor of Chemistry at Anderson’s University (now University of Strathclyde) from 1830-1837. His famous contributions to Science were Graham’s Law of Diffusion and his pioneering work on dialysis. He founded the Chemical Society of London in 1841, and became Master of the Mint. He is commemorated by this building and by a statue in George Square.

295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom where they was born near (1805)