William Herapath
1796–1868
Analytical chemist. Cousin of John Herapath. An original member of the Chemical Society of London. A founder of the Bristol Medical School, 1832, where he was professor of chemistry and toxicology until 1867. Retained in many criminal trials involving suspected poisoning, where he was frequently in opposition to Alfred Swaine Taylor.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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