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- Title
Joseph Priestley House.
- Authors
RICCI, PATRICIA LIKOS
- Abstract
The article presents a historical sketch of the British-American chemist, natural philosopher, and theologian Joseph Priestley. Particular attention is given to a clapboard-covered home in which Priestley resided, which was designed by his wife Mary, located in the borough of Northumberland, along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. Other topics discussed include Priestley's discovery of carbon monoxide and oxygen, his role in spreading Enlightenment and European cultural ideals in the backcountry of Pennsylvania, and his relationships with U.S. presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
- Subjects
NORTHUMBERLAND (Pa.); PENNSYLVANIA; PRIESTLEY, Joseph, 1733-1804; ARCHITECTURAL design; HISTORIC buildings; HISTORIC sites; CHEMISTS; ENLIGHTENMENT; WASHINGTON, George, 1732-1799; JEFFERSON, Thomas, 1743-1826; PENNSYLVANIA state history, 1775-1865
- Publication
Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography, 2012, Vol 136, Issue 4, p485
- ISSN
0031-4587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5215/pennmaghistbio.136.4.0485