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Andrew Ure

Scottish doctor and chemist · Doctors · Lived 1778 to 1857 · aged 78

Andrew Ure FRS was a Scottish medical doctor, chemist, scriptural geologist, and early business theorist who founded the Garnet Hill Observatory. He was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Society. Ure published a number of books based on his industrial consulting experiences.

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An 1867 engraving of Ure's and Jeffray's galvanic experiments on the murderer, Clydesdale

An 1867 engraving of Ure's and Jeffray's galvanic experiments on the murderer, Clydesdale

The memorial to Andrew Ure, Glasgow Cathedral

The memorial to Andrew Ure, Glasgow Cathedral

Grave of Andrew Ure in the Terrace Catacombs of Highgate Cemetery

Grave of Andrew Ure in the Terrace Catacombs of Highgate Cemetery

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

About this person

Category

Doctors

Type

Doctor

Status

Deceased

Dates

Lived 1778 to 1857 · aged 78

The same award as Andrew

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