Everything about Thomas Graham Chemist totally explained
Thomas Graham FRS (
December 21,
1805 –
September 16,
1869) was born in
Glasgow,
Scotland. Graham's father was a successful
textile manufacturer, and wanted his son to enter into the
Church of Scotland. Instead, defying his father's wishes, Graham became a student at the
University of Glasgow in
1819. There he developed a strong interest in
chemistry, and left the University after receiving his M.A. in
1826. He later became a
professor of chemistry at numerous colleges, including the
Royal College of Science and Technology and the
University of London.
Graham also founded the
Chemical Society of London in
1841.
His final position was as the
Master of the Mint, where he stayed for 15 years until his death. He was the last person to hold that position.
Scientific work
Thomas Graham is best known for two things:
1. His studies on the
diffusion of gases resulted in "
Graham's Law", which states that the rate of
effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its molar mass.
2. His discovery of
dialysis, which is used in many medical facilities today, was the result of Graham's study of
colloids. This work resulted in Graham's ability to separate colloids and crystalloids using a so-called "dialyzer", the of today's
dialysis machine. This study initiated the scientific field known as
colloid chemistry, of which Graham is credited as the founder.
Honours, activities, and recognition
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1836)
- First President of the Chemical Society of London (1841)
- Royal Medal of the Royal Society (1837 and 1863)
- Copley Medal of the Royal Society (1862)
- Prix Jecker of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1862)
- (Unofficial Honour) Statue of Graham in Glasgow ("given" in 1872)
- The University of Strathclyde, where Graham worked at one of its precursor institutions, has named the building housing the chemistry department after him.
- The headquarters of the Royal Society of Chemistry in Cambridge, UK is the Thomas Graham House.
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