James Samuelson
1829–1918
Businessman, science teacher, and writer on scientific and social issues. Inherited his father’s business of seed crushing and oil extraction. Worked as science teacher in Liverpool. Founder, with Robert Hardwicke, and editor of the Popular Science Review, 1862–4. Helped launch the Quarterly Journal of Science and occasionally acted as editor until 1870. Called to the bar, 1870, and then campaigned as social reformer and writer.
Source
Lightman ed. 2004.
Bibliography
Lightman, Bernard, ed. 2004. Dictionary of nineteenth-century British scientists. 4 vols. Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum.
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