Priestley, Joseph

Bio: * 1733, Birstal Fieldhead (bei Leeds, Yorkshire, Engl.) / Fieldhead, Yorkshire; † 1804, Northumberland (Pennsylvania, USA)
Career: nach Ausbild. in Pfarrschulen u. Selbststud. in alten u. mod. Sprachen sowie Math. u. Naturphilos. etwa ab 1752-1755 Besuch d. Kirchen-Akad. in Daventry; studied for Presbyterian ministry
VL Library: History ... of electricity, London 1767; The first principles of government, London 1771; History of optics, London 1772; Experiments and Observations on different kinds of air, 3 Bde., London 1775-1777. Examination of Scottish Philosophy (essay, 1774); published an abridged edittion of Hartley's "Observation. of Man", to which he added three original essays of his own (Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind); History and Present State of the Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours (1772); Miscellaneous Observations Relating to Education, 1778