Joseph Black
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Joseph Black was an 18th-century Scottish physician and chemist renowned for his pioneering work on latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide, which laid foundations for modern thermodynamics and physical chemistry.
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| instanceOf |
academic
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chemist → human → physician → scientist → |
| alsoKnownAs |
fixed air researcher
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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| dateOfBirth |
1728-04-16
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| dateOfDeath |
1799-12-06
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| discovered |
carbon dioxide as a distinct chemical species
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latent heat → specific heat capacity → |
| doctoralAdvisor |
William Cullen
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| educatedAt |
University of Edinburgh
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University of Glasgow → |
| employer |
University of Edinburgh
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University of Glasgow → |
| era |
18th century
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| ethnicGroup |
Scottish
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| familyName |
Black
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| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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medicine → physical chemistry → thermodynamics → |
| givenName |
Joseph
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| influenced |
Antoine Lavoisier
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James Watt → |
| influencedBy |
William Cullen
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| knownFor |
experiments on gases
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foundational contributions to thermodynamics → pioneering studies of heat → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Scots → |
| memberOf |
Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Royal Society of London → |
| notableStudent |
James Watt
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| notableWork |
discovery of latent heat
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discovery of specific heat capacity → identification of carbon dioxide as a distinct gas → |
| partOf |
Scottish Enlightenment
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| placeOfBirth |
Bordeaux
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Kingdom of France → |
| placeOfDeath |
Edinburgh
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Scotland → |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glasgow
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Professor of Medicine and Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh → |
| sexOrGender |
male
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| workLocation |
Edinburgh
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Glasgow → |
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Scottish Enlightenment
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