William Prout ( 1785 - 1850 )

Birth: Horton, Gloucestershire, England (15 January 1785) Death: Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London (09 April 1850) Burial: Kensal Green cemetery, London Research Field: Chemistry, biochemistry Education: MD Medals and Awards Copley Medal 1827; a second Copley Medal that year was awarded to Lietenant Henry Foster FRS 'For his magnetic and other observations made during the Arctic expedition to Port Bowen'. Membership: Fellow Election Date: 11/03/1819 Medals/Prizes: Copley Medal 1827 'For his Paper, entitled, 'On the Composition of simple alimentary substances, with some preliminary remarks on the analysis of organized bodies in general'.