Smithson Tennant ( 1761 - 1815 )

Birth: Selby, Yorkshire, England (30 November 1761) Death: Bridge collapsed while he was riding over it near Bologne, France (22 February 1815) Research Field: Chemistry Education: Edinburgh (studied medicine); Christ's College, Cambridge (botany, chemistry); MB; MD (1796, Cambridge) Career: Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge (1813 until his death); killed when the bridge he was riding over collapsed.