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About Thomas Thomson
Thomas Thomson was a Scottish chemist and mineralogist whose writings contributed to the early spread of Dalton's atomic theory. His scientific accomplishments include the invention of the saccharometer and he gave silicon its current name. He served as president of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow.
Everything about Thomas Thomson →- Occupation
- chemist, university teacher, physician, botanist
- Position held
- Regius Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow University
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 12, 1773, 1773
- Died
- July 2, 1852, 1852