John Percy

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Date	Details
1817	Born March 23rd at Nottingham.
	Entered Medical School of Edinburgh University, took M.D. at 21, then studied in Paris.
	Became Physician to Queen’s Hospital at Birmingham.
	Took up metallurgy.
1847	Elected F.R.S.
1851	Appointed to Chair in Royal School of Mines.
	Analysed series of British iron ores collected by H.S. Bakewell and shown at first International Exhibition – afterwards presented to Jermyn Street Museum.
1861	1st volume of “Metallurgy” published.
1864	Results of analyses of iron ores published in treatise on iron and steel. Improved metallurgical processes and discovered alloy of Cu and Al. Served on various Royal Commissions and committees of enquiry.
	Awarded Millar Prize of Institution of Civil Engineers.
1877	Received Bessemer Medal from Iron and Steel Institute.
1879	Resigned Chair at Royal School of Mines, continued as Lecturer on Metallurgy at Woolwich.
1880	Retired.
1885	President of the Iron and Steel Institute.
1889	Awarded Albert Medal of Society of Arts.
1889	Died June 19th.

Biographies and obituaries

Blanford, W.T. Obituary - John Percy. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 46 p.45-48. 1890 https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1890.046.01-04.02

Copies of two obituaries with the ms.

Proceedings Royal Society (1890) p. xxxv

Nature (June 27th, 1889)

John Percy (metallurgist) — Wikipedia article

Obitury - John Percy — ICE Virtual Library

John Percy — Grace's Guide

Publications

Works listed in the BGS Library catalogue

Jukes, J.B.. Forbes, E.. Playfair, L.P.. Smyth, W.W.. Percy, J.. Hunt, R.. Institute of Geological Sciences. Geological Museum. 1852. Lectures on gold for the instruction of emigrants about to proceed to Australia. - London: D. Bogue -

Percy, J.. 1880. Metallurgy : the art of extracting metals from their ores. Silver and gold part 1. - London: John Murray -

Percy, J.. 1870. The metallurgy of lead, including desilverization and copellation. - London: John Murray -

Percy, J.. 1864. Metallurgy: the art of extracting metals from their ores, and adapting them to various purposes of manufacture. Iron and steel. - London: John Murray -

Percy, J.. 1875. Metallurgy: the art of extracting metals from their ores. Introduction, refractory materials, and fuel. - London: John Murray -

Percy, J.. 1861. Metallurgy; the art of extracting metals from their ores and adapting them to various purposes of manufacture.. - London: John Murray -

Percy, J.. 1852. On the importance of special scientific knowledge to the practical metallurgist (being the introductory lecture to the course of metallurgy, session 1851-1852). - London: HMSO.

BGS archives

Ref No	Title	Description
GSM/DC/A/C/5/69-73	J Percy: Letters on his appointments.
GSM/DC/A/C/5/79, 82	J Percy: Letters on his duties.