Richard Kirwan
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Richard Kirwan appears in Vinony's Copley Medal collection — one of 280 entries. It also appears in Fellows of the Royal Society.
Within Vinony's link graph, Richard Kirwan is referenced by 96 other articles, and connects out to Copley Medal, phlogiston theory and Royal Irish Academy.
It is catalogued under topics including 1733 births, 1812 deaths and 18th-century Irish chemists.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- County Galway
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- meteorologist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- mineralogy
- Image
- Richard Kirwan. Stipple engraving by Mackenzie, 1803. Wellcome V0003231 - central part, without passe-partout.jpg
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- member of
- Society of United Irishmen
- Commons category
- Richard Kirwan
- date of birth
- 1733-00-00
- date of death
- 1812-06-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Richard Kirwan
- P12749
- Petritoli
- writing language
- English language
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Copley Medal
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phlogiston theory
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Royal Irish Academy
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hydrogen
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meteorology
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magnetism
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Categories
1733 births1812 deaths18th-century Irish chemists18th-century Irish geologists18th-century Irish male writers19th-century Irish chemists19th-century Irish geologists19th-century Irish writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesFellows of the Royal SocietyFellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghIrish meteorologistsMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesPresidents of the Royal Irish AcademyRecipients of the Copley MedalScientists from County GalwayUnited IrishmenUse Hiberno-English from November 2013