William Thomas Brande ( 1788 - 1866 )

Birth: Arlington Street, St James's, London, England (11 February 1788) Death: London (11 February 1866) Research Field: Chemistry Education: Hon DCL (Oxon) Career: Apprenticed to his brother, an apothecary (1802); pupil at the Anatomical School, Windmill Street, under George Pearson (FRS 1791); Professor of Chemistry (1812) and later Professor Materia Medica to the Apothecaries Company; Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution (succeeding Sir Humphry Davy); Fellow and member of the Senate of the University of London; editor of "Dictionary of Science and art" Membership: Fellow Election Date: 13/04/1809 Medals/Prizes: Copley Medal 1813 Lectures: Bakerian 1813 and 1819 Council: Sec 1816-1826; VP 1834-1835.