1733 March 13: born, Fieldhead near Leeds, England.
1804 February 6: died in Philadelphia, America.
Theologian.
Philosopher.
Chemist & Physicist.
Foundation of hyperbaric oxygenation.
Basis of Antoine LAVOISIER's system.
Theological publications.
Declared church enemy of truth.
1774: discovered oxygen together with chlorine, ammonia, sulphurous acid, di-nitrogen monoxide, carbon oxide etc.
Important publications:
"History and present state of electricity".
"History and present state of discoveries relating to vision light and colors".
"Observations on different kinds of air".
Father couldn't manage to raise him at home
At age 9 adopted by aunt Mrs. Sarah Keighley
Studied foreign languages
Finished Daventry academy in 3 years
Started successful new school
Married Mary Wilkinson
Introduced many educational innovations
Electricity research through Royal Society London
Introduced many religious innovations
Discovered carbon dioxide
Scientific adviser Captain Cook
Research on air resulted in discovery of oxygen
Important works in theology
House, church, library, & scientific apparatus destroyed
Decided to join his sons in America
It took 4 years to build a house
First Unitarian Church in America
Mrs. Mary Priestley died
Published last scientific paper
Experiment to disprove Darwin's theory
Died quite peacefully in his bed in his library
Unitarian Universalist Revival in Northumberland
Unitarian Universalist Principles
Unitarian Universalist Purposes