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Daniel Rutherford NPG D5861

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Holl Sr, after Sir Henry Raeburn

Scottish chemist and physician who was most famous for the isolation of nitrogen. During his medical studies at Edinburgh University, Rutherford isolated nitrogen in 1772 and described oxygen, or 'vital air' as he called it, in 1778. After completing his university studies, he began practising medicine. He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1776, and later was elected the Society's President. In 1786 he was appointed Professor of Botany at Edinburgh University, and Keeper of the city's Royal Botanic... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.