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Daniel Rutherford
1819Nov, 15

Daniel Rutherford

Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
Daniel Rutherford (3 November 1749 – 15 December 1819) was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.

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