Robert John Kane
1809–90
Irish chemist. Professor of chemistry, Apothecaries’ Hall, Dublin, 1831–45, and of natural philosophy to the Royal Dublin Society, 1834–47. Editor of the Philosophical Magazine, 1840–90. President of Queen’s College, Cork, 1845–73. Knighted 1846. FRS 1849.
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DSB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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