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Prof Arthur Connell FRS FRSE (1794-1863) was a Scottish chemist and mineralogist. The mineral Connellite is named after him. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. ==Life== He was born in Edinburgh on 30 November 1794, the son of Sir John Connell, Judge of the Admiralty Court and his wife, Margaret Campbell (daughter of Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth). Connell was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and then trained to be an advocate, qualifying in 1817. He studied at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford Universities. His interests moved from law to chemistry and from 1840 to 1856 he was Professor of Chemistry at St Andrews University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1829, his proposer being John Borthwick. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1855.〔https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 In 1847 he discovered a new mineral: originally described as a sulphato-chloride of copper, now known as Connellite.〔Philosophical Magazine, vol 31 (1847)〕 He died in St Andrews on 31 October 1863.〔http://www.geni.com/people/Arthur-Connell/6000000024572907682〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Connell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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