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About Stephen Hales
Stephen Hales was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure. He also invented several devices, including a ventilator, a pneumatic trough and a surgical forceps for the removal of bladder stones. In addition to these achievements, he was a philanthropist and wrote a popular tract on alcoholic intemperance.
Everything about Stephen Hales →- Occupation
- botanist, physicist, chemist, physiologist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, Sweden
- Born
- September 17, 1677
- Died
- January 4, 1761