Thomas Beddoes

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Thomas Beddoes was an English physician, chemist, and early pioneer of pneumatic medicine known for his progressive scientific and political views in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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instanceOf chemist
human
medical researcher
physician
political writer
academicDegree Doctor of Medicine
advocatedFor public health reform
wider access to medical care
collaboratedWith Erasmus Darwin
Humphry Davy
James Watt
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1760-04-13
dateOfDeath 1808-12-24
educatedAt Oxford University NERFINISHED
Pembroke College, Oxford NERFINISHED
employer Oxford University NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup English
familyName Thomas Beddoes self-linksurface differs
surface form: Beddoes
fieldOfWork chemistry
medicine
pneumatic medicine
political philosophy
public health
founded Pneumatic Institution in Bristol
givenName Thomas
hasStudent Humphry Davy
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Enlightenment
radical politics in late 18th-century Britain
name Thomas Beddoes self-link
notableFor experiments with medical gases
pioneering work in pneumatic medicine
popularization of scientific ideas
progressive political views
notableWork Contributions to Physical and Medical Knowledge
Essays on the Public Merits of Vaccine Inoculation
occupation chemist
physician
writer
placeOfBirth England
Shifnal
Shropshire
placeOfDeath Bristol
Clifton
England
politicalAlignment supporter of French Revolution ideals
positionHeld reader in chemistry at Oxford University
relative Maria Edgeworth
sexOrGender male
spouse Honora Edgeworth
surface form: Anna Edgeworth
workLocation Bristol
Oxford

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Lunar Society of Birmingham hasMember Thomas Beddoes
Thomas Beddoes name Thomas Beddoes self-link