Robert Angus Smith
✓ Source-basedfallingBritish chemist (1817-84)
ScientistsLived 1817 to 1884 · aged 67
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Robert Angus Smith FRS, commonly referred to as Angus Smith, was a Scottish chemist, who investigated numerous environmental issues. He is known for his research on air pollution in 1852, in the course of which he discovered what came to be known as acid rain. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Father of Acid Rain'.
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Lived 1817 to 1884 · aged 67
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