Priestley was more than just a scientist.(Features)

Birmingham Mail (England) | January 20, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Carl Chinn

LIVING through an age of both turbulence and talent, Joseph Priestley was both a controversial and inspirational man.

The son of a west Yorkshire cloth dresser, his mother died while he was but a child. Reared mostly by an aunt, he grew into a bookish and thoughtful young man who felt called to the ministry.

Following his family's beliefs, he was enrolled at a Dissenting Academy at Daventry and in 1755 he became a minister in Surrey.

In the succeeding years, Priestley gained a reputation not only as a free thinker who ...

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