Joseph Black
Joseph Black
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a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide.
Born
16 April 1728 Bordeaux, France
Died
6 December 1799 (aged 71) Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality
Scottish
Known for
Latent heat, specific heat, and the discovery of carbon dioxide
Fields
Medicine, physics, chemistry
Alma mater
University of Glasgow University of Edinburgh
Institutions
University of Edinburgh
Academic advisors
William Cullen
adultbasic
Britain
era
1600-1800
Influenced
James Watt, Benjamin Rush
Notable students
James Edward Smith Thomas Charles Hope