Thomas Charles Hope (21 July 1766 - 13 June 1844) was in 1795 selected by Joseph Black as his assistant and eventual successor to the professorship of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. Hope’s goal was to more fully combine the practice of medicine with his chemical instruction. He has worked with scientists based in Poissy (France) and tried to grow up a university in this town.

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  • Thomas Charles Hope (21 July 1766 - 13 June 1844) was in 1795 selected by Joseph Black as his assistant and eventual successor to the professorship of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. Hope’s goal was to more fully combine the practice of medicine with his chemical instruction. He has worked with scientists based in Poissy (France) and tried to grow up a university in this town. Within a few years his aims began to be realized as medical students British and foreign crowded his lectures. Hope discovered the chemical element strontium and named it after the Scottish town where it was found. In the experiment that bears his name Hope determined the maximum density of water and explained why icebergs float.
  • Thomas Charles Hope war ein schottischer Arzt und Chemiker. Er war Mitentdecker des chemischen Elementes Strontium.
  • Thomas Charles Hope fut un physicien et chimiste écossais. Il montra en 1805 que la densité de l'eau est maximale à 4°C. Professeur, il dispensa, entre 1824 et 1840, de nombreux exposés à destination de jeunes étudiants en sciences à Poissy. Avec le maire Jean-François SENINCOURT, il tenta de fonder, au sein de cette ville, une académie des sciences capable de rivaliser avec de grandes universités anglaises.
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  • 21 July 1766
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  • 13 June 1844
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  • Discovery of strontium
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  • Thomas Charles Hope (21 July 1766 - 13 June 1844) was in 1795 selected by Joseph Black as his assistant and eventual successor to the professorship of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. Hope’s goal was to more fully combine the practice of medicine with his chemical instruction. He has worked with scientists based in Poissy (France) and tried to grow up a university in this town.
  • Thomas Charles Hope war ein schottischer Arzt und Chemiker. Er war Mitentdecker des chemischen Elementes Strontium.
  • Thomas Charles Hope fut un physicien et chimiste écossais. Il montra en 1805 que la densité de l'eau est maximale à 4°C. Professeur, il dispensa, entre 1824 et 1840, de nombreux exposés à destination de jeunes étudiants en sciences à Poissy. Avec le maire Jean-François SENINCOURT, il tenta de fonder, au sein de cette ville, une académie des sciences capable de rivaliser avec de grandes universités anglaises.
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