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Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley (; 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political theorist. He published over 150 works, and conducted experiments in several areas of science.Priestley is credited with his independent discovery of oxygen by the thermal decomposition of mercuric oxide, having isolated it in 1774. During his lifetime, Priestley's considerable scientific reputation rested on his invention of carbonated water, his writings on electricity, and his discovery of several "airs" (gases), the most famous being what Priestley dubbed "dephlogisticated air" (oxygen). Priestley's determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution eventually left him isolated within the scientific community.
Priestley's science was integral to his theology, and he consistently tried to fuse Enlightenment rationalism with Christian theism. In his metaphysical texts, Priestley attempted to combine theism, materialism, and determinism, a project that has been called "audacious and original". He believed that a proper understanding of the natural world would promote human progress and eventually bring about the Christian millennium. Priestley, who strongly believed in the free and open exchange of ideas, advocated toleration and equal rights for religious Dissenters, which also led him to help found Unitarianism in England. The controversial nature of Priestley's publications, combined with his outspoken support of the American Revolution and later the French Revolution, aroused public and governmental contempt; eventually forcing him to flee in 1791, first to London and then to the United States, after a mob burned down his Birmingham home and church. He spent his last ten years in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A scholar and teacher throughout his life, Priestley made significant contributions to pedagogy, including the publication of a seminal work on English grammar and books on history; he prepared some of the most influential early timelines. The educational writings were among Priestley's most popular works. Arguably his metaphysical works, however, had the most lasting influence, as now considered primary sources for utilitarianism by philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Herbert Spencer. Provided by Wikipedia
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The History and Present State of Electricity With Original Experiments / by Priestley, Joseph
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Considerations on the doctrine of phlogiston, and the decomposition of water by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Two sermons viz. I. The present state of Europe compared with antient prophecies; preached on the fast-day in 1794; with a preface, containing the reasons for the author's leaving... by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Letters to the Jews inviting them to an amicable discussion of the evidences of Christianity. / by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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The doctrine of phlogiston established, and that of the composition of water refuted by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Experiments and observations on different kinds of air by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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A continuation of the Letters to the philosophers and politicians of France, on the subject of religion; and of the Letters to a philosophical unbeliever in answer to Mr. Paine's A... by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Observations on the increase of infidelity by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Letters to a philosophical unbeliever Part III. : Containing an answer to Mr. Paine's Age of reason. / by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Unitarianism explained and defended in a discourse delivered in the Church of the Universalists, at Philadelphia, 1796. / by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Observations on the doctrine of phlogiston, and the decomposition of water. by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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A familiar illustration of certain passages of Scripture relating to the power of man to do the will of God, original sin, election and reprobation, the divinity of Christ; and, at... by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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An appeal to the serious and candid professors of Christianity On the following subjects. I. The use of reason in matters of religion. II. The power of man to do the will of God. I... by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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A comparison of the institutions of Moses with those of the Hindoos and other ancient nations with remarks on Mr. Dupuis's Origin of all religions, the laws and institutions of Mos... by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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An appeal to the serious and candid professors of Christianity on the following subjects, viz. I. The use of reason in matters of religion. II. The power of man to do the will of G... by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Réflexions sur la doctrine du phlogistique et la décomposition de l'eau by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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An history of the corruptions of Christianity in two volumes. / by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Letters to the philosophers and politicians of France, on the subject of religion by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Letters to Mr. Volney occasioned by a work of his entitled Ruins, and by his letter to the author. / by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Miscellaneous observations relating to education More especially as it respects the conduct of the mind. / by Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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