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John George Children

British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist

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Field of work
Zoology
Women chemists
Mineralogy

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  • John George Children. Lithograph by Miss Turner after B.R. Faulkner, 1826.
  • John George Children. Stipple engraving by W. Raddon, 1839, after E. U. Eddis.
  • John George Children. Lithograph by W. Drummond, 1835, after E. U. Eddis.

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    The use of the blowpipe in chemical analysis, and in the examination of minerals / by J.J. Berzelius ; translated from the French of M. Fresnel, by J. G. Children. With a sketch of Berzelius' system of mineralogy; a synoptic table of the principal characters of the pure earths and metallic oxides before the blowpipe, and numerous notes and additions by the translator.

    Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, friherre, 1779-1848. | Date: 1822
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    An address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society / [J.G. Children].

    Children, J. G. (John George), 1777-1852 | Date: 1827

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