Joseph Priestley

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
chemist
gptkbp:affiliatedWith Unitarianism
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:American_Revolution
Liberalism
Dissenters
scientific community
gptkbp:birthDate 1733-03-13
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Birstall,_England
gptkbp:contribution educational reform
chemical nomenclature
philosophical inquiry
theory of gases
gptkbp:deathDate 1804-02-06
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Northumberland,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:field education
natural philosophy
political theory
religious thought
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph Priestley
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Michael_Faraday
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:knownFor scientific experiments
discovery of oxygen
philosophical writings
contributions to the field of chemistry
inventing soda water
gptkbp:legacy scientific method
advocacy for free thought
influence on modern chemistry
impact on religious thought
promotion of rationalism
gptkbp:nationality American
British
gptkbp:wrote The History and Present State of Electricity
Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever
Experiments_and_Observations_on_Different_Kinds_of_Air
A_History_of_the_Corruptions_of_Christianity
The_Doctrine_of_Philosophical_Necessity_Illustrated