Thomas Charles Hope FRSE FRS PRCPE FFPSG(21 July 1766 – 13 June 1844) was a British physician, chemist and lecturer. He proved the existence of the element strontium,[2][3] and gave his name to Hope's Experiment, which shows that water reaches its maximum density at 4 °C (39 °F).[2]
In 1815 Hope was elected as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1815–19), and as vice-president of Royal Society of Edinburgh (1823–33) during the presidencies of Walter Scott and Thomas Makdougall Brisbane.
He founded a chemistry prize at the University of Edinburgh.[2]
Charles Darwin was one of Hope's students, and Darwin viewed his chemistry lectures as highlights in his otherwise largely dull education at the University.[4]
Thomas Charles Hope | |
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 Thomas Charles Hope, Portrait by Henry Raeburn[1] | |
| Born | 21 July 1766 Edinburgh, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Died | 13 June 1844 (aged 77) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Paris |
| Known for | Maximum density of water (Hope's experiment) Discovery of strontium |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry, medicine |
| Institutions | Lecturer in chemistry, University of Glasgow Professor of medicine and chemistry, University of Edinburgh President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1815–1819) |
| Thesis | Tentamen inaugurale, quaedam de plantarum motibus et vita complectens (1787) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Black |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Charles_Hope
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