HENRY, THOMAS (1734-1816), apothecary, physician, and chemist;
b. at Wrexham 26 Oct. 1734, son of a schoolmaster there who hailed from Antrim. He was apprenticed to a Wrexham apothecary, became assistant to an apothecary at Oxford, and finally set up as apothecary and physician at Manchester. He published several papers on chemistry and medicine, and in 1775 was elected F.R.S.; he d. 18 June 1816. He was the father of the famous chemist WILLIAM HENRY, M.D., F.R.S. (12 Jan. 1774-2 Sept. 1836), who formulated what is known as ‘Henry's Law’ and published an important treatise on chemistry. William, again, was the father of WILLIAM CHARLES HENRY, M.D., F.R.S. (31 March 1804-7 Jan. 1892), friend of Dalton and noted chemist. The son and grandson were b. at Manchester.
Bibliography:
- T. Iorwerth Jones in Trans. Cymm., 1932-3 (with lists of their works).
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
