Abstract
ALTHOUGH a good account of Priestley's scientific work has been given by Sir Edward Thorpe, there has been no adequate biography dealing with his many other activities. This need is, to some extent, supplied by the present work. The chapter on Priestley's chemical investigations is inadequate, but the author's intention was evidently to discuss in greater detail the personal life and the political and theological activities of Priestley, and she has made good use of the material available, some unpublished. The book covers the whole of Priestley's life, and in addition to making clear the great disadvantages under which Priestley carried out his scientific work, it provides a clear picture of the social life of his time. There is a useful bibliography.
A Life of Joseph Priestley.
By Anne Holt. Pp. xviii + 221. (London: Oxford University Press, 1931.) 8s. 6d. net.
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Chemistry. Nature 128, 625–626 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128625d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/128625d0
