1-273-545 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

John Hall Gladstone, President of the Chemical Society, 1880. He lectured at St Thomas's Hospital from 1850 to 1852. In 1853 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. He is regarded as one of the founders of physical chemistry. He undertook research into optics, and the refraction and the dispersion of liquids. He was also interested in educational reform, and strongly advocated the teaching of science in elementary schools. He was vice-chariman of the London School Board 1888 to 1891. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).