Thomas Graham was a sixty-three-year-old Scottish chemist who specialised in diffusion and dialysis of gases. Graham made many advancements in chemistry during his research and received many awards for his great achievements in his chosen field. Much of what Graham discovered and proved to be correct is still used to this day in the field of chemistry. Graham faced much discouragement from those around him, but the encouragement of others and his own determination got him to the point where he made great advancements for chemistry, going on to teach many students about his findings and influencing many, many fellow chemists around him. Thomas Graham was born on December twentieth, 1805 in Glasgow, Scotland. He lived in Glasgow much …show more content…
Graham later moved on to earn a living by taking the position of a professor of chemistry at a school in Edinburgh where although he was somewhat shy and hesitant, he was well liked by his students and was a much-desired lecturer. As well as teaching, Graham also made his living by writing about and publishing his findings in his research on diffusion and dialysis of gases. He later became a member of the Royal Society and helped found the Chemical Society, becoming the first president. He never married, nor did he ever have any children. He had a quiet death September sixteenth, 1869 at the age of sixty-three in London, England where he was well liked by his peers and coworkers in his research. Graham made many great advancements in the field of chemistry with the help of various research assistants and partners, very few of which are particularly well known at all. Graham wrote about and published most, if not all of his research throughout his entire career as a chemist. He taught at the University of Edinburgh from 1830 to 1837, teaching about much of what …show more content…
Graham came to the conclusion that the rate of effusion or diffusion is inversely proportional to the square root of 143 density. This is what became known as Graham's law. Graham's law led Thomas Graham himself to become much-desired as a lecturer and very successful in his career, receiving multiple awards for his achievements and knowledge of chemistry. Graham eventually went on to become a member of the Royal Society and helped to found the Chemical Society, becoming its first president. Graham received many awards for the work and research he did in his preferred field of study, the fact that textbook, Elements of Chemistry, was widely used in England, as well as throughout much of Europe could be considered a major reward in of itself. Graham received the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in 1862 for his work while in the Royal Society, as well as the Prix Jecker of the Paris Academy of Sciences, also in 1862. In both 1837 and 1863, he received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society. Thomas Graham's many awards prove how useful