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Richard Chenevix

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Irish chemist

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Richard Chenevix was an Irish chemist, mineralogist and playwright who also wrote on a range of other topics. He was known for his sharp cynicism and for engaging in combative criticism. Chenevix received the Copley Medal in 1803, "for his various Chemical Papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions."

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Fellow of the Royal Society
Copley Medal

Scientists born in the 1770s 6

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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1774 to 1830 · aged 56
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10 languages

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