Sir Edward Frankland

Sir Edward Frankland
Sir Edward Frankland
Sir Edward Frankland
iBase ID
265924
Reference identifier
NLA20140919002
Title
Sir Edward Frankland
Place
Lancaster
Personal names
Sir Edward Frankland
General notes
Sir Edward Frankland (1825 - 1899) chemist, was born on 18 January 1825 at Churchtown, Garstang, Lancashire, the son of Margaret Frankland, daughter of John Frankland calico printer, and his wife, Molly (née Dunderdale).

He was educated at various schools in Lancashire including Lancaster Grammar School.

In fater life he was President of the Chemical Society and the first president of the Institute of Chemistry.

(see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)

"Lock & Whitfield (active 1856-1894)......
Samuel Lock was an artist who in the early 1850s was converting talbotype portraits into painted miniatures. In September 1856, he joined forces with George Whitfield, who had recently opened a photographic portrait studio on Regent Street in London. The firm established a branch studio on Kings Road, Brighton in 1864 and are best remembered for the series of woodbury type portraits published in Men of Mark."

From the National Portrait Gallery website 14/04/2015
Medium
Photographic print
Colour
Sepia
Original image size
12.35 x 14.30
Year of image
1880
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