Joseph Priestley

Priestley as a man of science--His characteristics as a philosopher--_Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air_--His discovery of the influence of vegetation on vi...

The picture which Priestley drew of his life in Birmingham at this period, as given in the autobiographical sketch published after his death, is almost dramatic in its pathos wh...

Priestley's position in London for some time after his arrival there was very insecure, and so apprehensive were his friends of further outrage that it was thought necessary to...

Priestley marries--Is ordained--His Essay on Education--Lectures on History and General Policy--His Chart of Biography--Becomes a Doctor of Laws of the University of Edinburgh--...

In 1784 Priestley brought out a revised edition of the work on which his fame as a man of science mainly rests, under the title of "_Experiments and Observations on Different Ki...

Goes to Leeds as minister of the Mill Hill Chapel--Resumes his studies in Speculative Theology--_The Theological Repository_--Becomes a Unitarian--Priestley as a controversialis...

"If," says Mr Frederic Harrison, "we choose one man as a type of the intellectual energy of the eighteenth century we could hardly find a better than Joseph Priestley, though hi...

On leaving Calne, Priestley repaired to London. His position was somewhat precarious, as he had practically nothing but his allowance from Lord Shelburne to support him. This, a...

Priestley left Needham Market in 1758. He had been there three years, and he was in his twenty-fifth year when he entered upon his work at Nantwich. Of this place he had always...

Accordingly, in 1752, he was sent to Daventry, then under the charge of Mr Ashworth. He was now nineteen. Although of a weakly constitution, his health was sufficiently re-estab...

Priestley continued at Leeds for about six years. Although very happy there he was tempted to leave Mill Hill Chapel to enter the service of Lord Shelburne. How he was regarded...

Priestley as a man of science--His characteristics as a philosopher--_Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air_--His discovery of the influence of vegetation on vi...

Goes to Leeds as minister of the Mill Hill Chapel--Resumes his studies in Speculative Theology--_The Theological Repository_--Becomes a Unitarian--Priestley as a controversialis...

Priestley marries--Is ordained--His Essay on Education--Lectures on History and General Policy--His Chart of Biography--Becomes a Doctor of Laws of the University of Edinburgh--...