1728
Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (died 1799)
Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (died 1799)
Joseph Black
British physicist and chemist (1728–1799)
- Born
- 1728
Joseph Black was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. He was professor of anatomy and chemistry at the University of Glasgow for 10 years from 1756, and then professor of medicine and chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1766, teaching and lecturing there for more than 30 years.