Richard Phillips (1778-1851), of the Poultry, son of a printer and bookseller in the City of London, was a member of the Society of Friends, In early life he was the intimate friend of Davy and Wollaston. He became distinguished as a chemist, was elected F.R.S. in 1822, and was chemist and curator to the Museum of Economic Geology from 1839 until the close of his life: during the last two years he was president of the Chemical Society. (History of Geological Society H.B.W. (1907) pp. 13)
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.
