Richard Phillips
Timeline
| 1778 | Born in 1778, son of printer and bookseller in the City. Member of Society of Friends. Associate of Davy and Wollaston. Became distinguished as a Chemist. |
| 1822 | Elected F.R.S. |
| 1839 | Appointed first Chemist and Curator to Museum of Economic Geology. (Continued 2nd series of “Annals of Philosophy……” (1821-26) begun by T. Thomson (1813-20)). |
| 1850 – 1851 | President of Chemistry Society. |
| 1851 | Died. |
Biographies and Obituaries
| 1875 | Evans, J. Obituary - John Phillips. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 31 p.xxxvii-xliii. 1875 |
| 1875 | Hull, E. Obituary - Professor J. Phillips. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. No. 44 Report for year 1874. p.67-68. 1875 |
| 1874 | Obituary - Professor John Phillips. Born 25th Dec.1800. Died 24th April 1874. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 1 p.240. 1874 |
| 1907 | History of Geological Society H.B.W. (1907) pp. 13, 50. |