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The Rev. William Gregor (1761-1817), discoverer of titanium.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Arthur Russell
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Abstract

In view of the important uses to which the metal titanium has been applied in recent years, it seems fitting that some tribute should be paid to its Cornish discoverer, the Rev. William Gregor, and with this end in view I have collected the following facts concerning this now almost forgotten distinguished early chemist.

The Rev. William Gregor, M.A., chemist and mineralogist, was the younger son of Francis Gregor, member of an old Cornish family of Trewarthenic, Cornelly, CornwalI. Born on December 25, 1761, he was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and it was while there that he first developed a taste for chemistry.

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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 30 , Issue 229 , June 1955 , pp. 617 - 624
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Copyright © 1955, The Mineralogical Society

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