Arthur Church (billiards Player)
Arthur Church may refer to: * Arthur Herbert Church (1834–1915), British chemist * Arthur Harry Church Arthur Harry Church FRS (28 March 1865 – 24 April 1937) was a British botanist and botanical illustrator. He was also a pioneer amateur photographer. From 1908 to his retirement in 1930 he was a lecturer in botany at Oxford University and was ...

Arthur Herbert Church
Sir Arthur Herbert Church (June 2, 1834 – May 31, 1915) was a British chemist, expert on pottery, stones and chemistry of paintings, who discovered turacin in 1869 and several minerals, including the only British cerium mineral. He was also a talented artist and worked as a professor of chemistry at the Agricultural College in Cirencester and then at the Royal Academy of Arts. He wrote extensively on aspects of chemistry in agriculture, art, and daily life. Early life Church was born in London, the son of John Thomas Church, a solicitor. His studied at King's College London where he showed an interest in both science and art. He spent four years from 1851 to 1855 at the Royal College of Chemistry where he, under A.W. Hofmann, studied alongside William Henry Perkin with whom he published his first research paper. The next four years were spent at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1859. He then started a private laboratory in London and beside his chemical analysi ...
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