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The chemical apothecary in the 18th century

12/03/2009 - 15:00
12/03/2009 - 17:00
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OXFORD HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY SEMINAR

‘Mastering Nature? Chemistry in History?'

 

Centre for the History of Medicine, Oxford Brookes University


Thursday 12 March, 3.00 - 5.00pm,


‘The chemical apothecary in the 18th century'

 
‘Fame and fortune on the periphery:

C.W. Scheele's career as an apothecary-chemist'

Hjalmar Fors, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

 

‘Chemistry and pharmacy in eighteenth-century France'

Jonathan Simon, Université de Lyon I

 

Conveners :

Pietro Corsi, John Christie, Robert Fox, Muriel Le Roux,

John Perkins and Viviane Quirke



Conference organised in partnership with Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University, and the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
 
 Venue:
Board Room 1 in the main (Clerici) building of
Oxford Brookes University on the Gipsy Lane campus, Headington. 
 
Directions to Oxford Brookes and maps of the campus
can be found at: http://www.brookes.ac.uk/about/findus
Stagecoach 7 and Oxford Bus Co. 8 both go to Oxford Brookes
from Queen Street in the city centre.
Directions to Board Room 1 will be posted in the main reception area. 
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