Priestley, Joseph
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Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804), English physicist and educator, wrote
Essay on the First Principles of Government (1768), which suggested the doctrine of “the greatest happiness of the greatest number” to Jeremy Bentham. His utilitarian and republican views were extended in pamphlets favoring the American colonies and the French Revolution. Popular hostility was aroused by his
Letters to … Edmund Burke (1791), with the result that his house and scientific apparatus were destroyed, and he emigrated to Philadelphia (1794). There he continued his scientific experimentation and religious and political liberalism, expounded in such books as
Unitarianism Explained and Defended (1796) and
A General History of the Christian Church (1802). He was bitterly attacked by Cobbett in
Observations on Dr. Priestley's Emigration (1794).
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The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work from 1773 to 1804.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work...Schofield's intellectual biography of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). Forty years in...becomes the cornerstone. Reverend Joseph Priestley, amateur chemist, political liberal...
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The Enlightenment of Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work from 1733 to 1773.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; The Enlightenment of Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work...Schofield begins his biography of Joseph Priestley's early life with an account...was to be characteristic of Joseph Priestley's entire life" (p. 2...
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The death of Joseph Priestley: February 6th, 1804.(Months Past)
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Jefferson of the United rates wrote to Joseph Priestley, clergyman and chemist, when...sentiment. On the contrary, Priestley's radical views on religion...went on to Philadelphia, where Priestley was again received with flattering...
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Good management at Joseph Priestley College in Leeds, say inspectors.
M2 Presswire; 7/5/2002; 700+ words
; ...Government: Good management at Joseph Priestley College in Leeds, say inspectors...Inspectorate of the inspection of Joseph Priestley FE College, located in Leeds...over. NOTES TO EDITORS 1. Joseph Priestley College inspection report is...
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A Founding Father Long Forgotten.(Periscope; PAGE TURNER)(Joseph Priestley)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 1/12/2009; ; 693 words
; ...minister, scientist and polymath Joseph Priestley is credited with the discovery...founding principles. THE IDEA: Priestley deserves more than just a footnote...s more fantastical teachings, Priestley was given a hero's welcome in...
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The lightning & the key: a letter from William Franklin to Joseph Priestley.(Poem)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...perfectibility And never knew an end of inquiry, Who should say this one is not improved By death, who sought to profit by all means? Joseph, you recall when we were young, My father and I, how I followed him And how he doted on this "natural son" Made in his...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Weekend: Archive - The rebel without a home; Jospeh Priestley was a mass of contradictions: a church Minister who denounced evolutionary theories, yet a scientist who discovered oxygen and photosynthesis. He came to work in Birmingham, but fled after a riot destroyed his home, says Chris Upton.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 2/7/2004; 700+ words
; ...not have too long to wait. Joseph Priestley was something of a millennarian...Thomas Jefferson. We tend to see Joseph Priestley as a mass of contradictions...the word is 'rationality'. Joseph Priestley was born into the Age of Reason...
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 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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Priestley was more than just a scientist.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 1/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...both turbulence and talent, Joseph Priestley was both a controversial and...MEMORIAL... the statue of Joseph Priestley that stood in Victoria Square...Now CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE... Joseph Priestley statue is now by Birmingham...
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Renaissance genius, rebooted; Priestley would fit in digital world.(SHOW)(ON THE EDGE)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...In exile from his native England, Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) - chemist, political...Johnson's engrossing new portrait of Priestley and the intellectual milieu in which he thrived. Priestley, in other words, would have fit right...
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Priestley was more than just a scientist
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail; 1/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of both turbulence and talent, Joseph Priestley was both a controversial and inspirational...Surrey. In the succeeding years, Priestley gained a reputation not only as...supporter of intellectual liberty, Priestley was a firm believer in the importance...
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Joseph Priestley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Joseph Priestley The English clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) contributed to the foundation of...of oxygen in the animal-plant metabolic system. Joseph Priestley was born on March 13, 1733, at Fieldhead. His...
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Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH (1733 – 1804) PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH (1733 – 1804), English cleric, chemist...theologian, philosopher, and social and political critic. Joseph Priestley, the eldest son of a maker and dresser of woolen cloth...
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Priestley, Joseph
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Priestley, Joseph ENGLISH THEOLOGIAN AND CHEMIST 1733 – 1804 Joseph Priestley was a dissenting Unitarian minister in England at a time when adherence...
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J. B. Priestley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...subject of another fine Priestley biography in the same...1927. About this time Priestley achieved great popularity...with Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews. A strain of...silvery laughter" of Priestley's comic spirit. Other...
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Parkes, Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Parkes, Joseph (1796–1865). Parkes was an early example of the kind...influenced by Bentham , became a solicitor, and married a daughter of Joseph Priestley . In 1828 he was secretary to a committee which lobbied successfully...
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