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British chemist, who is well known as one of the founding father of modern chemistry, was born on 13th March 1733, in Yorkshire. He served as a tutor at Warrington Academy. He also wrote a text, Rudiments of English Grammar (1761), which differed from older, classical approaches. He was ordained in 1762. Benjamin Franklin, the American scientist and statesman encouraged him to do experiments in electricity science. The History of Electricity was written by him. Charcoal which can conduct electricity was discovered by him. Priestley became minister in 1767. now he started taking an interest in research on gases. In 1774, oxygen gas was discovered by him. He also explained its role in respiration and in combustion. The Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele may have discovered oxygen before Priestley, but did not make his work known in time to be credited with its discovery. Priestley isolated and described several gases, including oxygen, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, and carbon monoxide.
He died on February 6, 1804, in Pennsylvania, United States.
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