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Thomas Henry

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Welsh surgeon and apothecary (1734-1816)

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Works
31

Top works

  • Just William Diary 1996
  • William at Christmas
  • Mans place in nature & other essays.
  • History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania
  • Account of the Medicinal Virtues of Magnesia Alba

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Quotes

  • To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall.
  • Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once.
  • The fact is he made a prodigious blunder in commencing the attack, and now his only chance is to be silent and let people forget the exposure. I do not believe that in the whole history of science there is a case of any man of reputation getting himself into such a contemptible position.
  • I have never had the least sympathy with the a priori reasons against orthodoxy, and I have by nature and disposition the greatest possible antipathy to all the atheistic and infidel school. Nevertheless I know that I am, in spite of myself, exactly what the Christian would call, and, so far as I can see, is justified in calling, atheist and infidel.
  • The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind.
  • Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the "golden hair" will not curl less gracefully outside the head by reason of there being brains within.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Thomas
Family name
Henry
Gender
male
Citizenship
Wales
Place of birth
Wrexham
Place of death
Manchester
Occupation
chemist
Position held
president
Languages spoken
English language
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Work location
Manchester
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date of birth
1734-10-26
date of death
1816-06-18
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