Smithson Tennant

Smithson Tennant FRS was an English chemist. He is best known for his discovery of the elements iridium and osmium, which he found in the residues from the solution of platinum ores in 1803. He also contributed to the proof of the identity of diamond and charcoal. The mineral tennantite is named after him.

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Who was born first?

• Smithson Tennant and August Batsch were born the same year
• Smithson Tennant and Jean-Louis Pons were born the same year
• Smithson Tennant and William Gregor were born the same year
• Smithson Tennant and Blasius Merrem were born the same year
• Smithson Tennant was born 1 year before Giovanni Aldini

Timeline

1. August BatschOctober 28, 1761 – September 29, 1802
2. Blasius MerremFebruary 4, 1761 – February 23, 1824
3. Jean-Louis PonsDecember 24, 1761 – October 14, 1831
4. Smithson Tennant (this page)November 30, 1761 – February 22, 1815
5. William GregorDecember 25, 1761 – June 11, 1817
6. Giovanni AldiniApril 16, 1762 – January 17, 1834

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• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Carl Friedrich GaussApril 30, 1777 – February 23, 1855
• Dmitri MendeleevJanuary 27, 1834 – January 20, 1907
• Ernest RutherfordAugust 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937
• Erwin SchrödingerAugust 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961
• Wilhelm RöntgenMarch 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
• Carl SaganNovember 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996