Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley (March 13 1733–February 6 1804) was an English chemist, philosopher, dissenting clergyman, and educator. He is known for his investigations of carbon dioxide and the co-discovery of oxygen.

Birmingham

In 1780 he moved to Birmingham and was appointed junior minister of the New Meeting Society. He became a member of the Lunar Society, but his admiration for the French Revolution caused him to be driven out of the city in the Priestley Riots of 1791. He is remembered there by the Moonstones, and a more traditional statue in Chamberlain Square in the city centre. The latter is a 1951 recast, in bronze, of a white marble original by A. W. Williamson, unveiled in 1874.

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Birmingham - Lunar Society - French Revolution - Priestley Riots - 1791 - Moonstones - Chamberlain Square - 1951 - Bronze - Marble - A. W. Williamson - 1874

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