NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brownrigg, William, 1712-1800 NRA: Brownrigg, William (1711-1800) Chemist DNB: Brownrigg, William (1711-1800), physician and chemist LBT ID: WiBrownr1800 VIAF ID: 5735749 LOC ID: n86004837 | B/BAP: 1711-03 DIED: 1800-01-06 |
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Cumberland physician and chemist who built a laboratory and mineral museum at his villa
near Keswick. He was an advocate of quarantine as a means of preventing the spread of
sickness. | |