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Joseph Priestley

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English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)

Born 1733
Died 1804

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  • Cover of: A description of A new chart of history: containing a view of the principal revolutions of empire, that have taken place in the world. By Joseph Priestley, ...

    First published in 1777 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: appeal to the serious and candid professors of Christianity ...

    First published in 1771 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Experiments and observations on different kinds of air.

    First published in 1774 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The history and present state of electricity: with original experiments
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    Cover of edition historypresentst0001prie First published in 1767 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Discourses relating to the evidences of revealed religion: delivered in the Church of the Universalists, at Philadelphia, 1796 ...
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    Cover of edition discoursesrelat00prierich Cover of edition discoursesrelat00prieuoft Cover of edition discoursesrelati00prie First published in 1794 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit: To which is added the history of the philosophical doctrine concerning the origin of the soul, and the nature of matter; with its influence on Christianity, especially with respect to the doctrine of the pre-existence of Christ
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    Cover of edition disquisitionsrel00prieuoft Cover of edition b2877114x_0001 Cover of edition disquisitionsrel0000prie First published in 1777 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: A catechism for children and young persons.
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    First published in 1779 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: description of a chart of biography: with a catalogue of all the names inserted in it, and the dates annexed to them....

    First published in 1764 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters to a philosophical unbeliever ...
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    First published in 1767 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Comparison of the institutions of Moses with those of the Hindoos and other ancient nations: with Remarks on Mr. Dupuis's Origin of all religions, the Laws and institutions of Moses methodized, and an Address to the Jews on the present state of the world and the prophecies relating to it.
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    Cover of edition comparisonofinst00prierich Cover of edition comparisonofinst00prie First published in 1799 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: A general view of the arguments for the unity of God: and against the divinity and pre-existence of Christ; from reason, from the scriptures, and from history. By Joseph Priestley, ...

    First published in 1783 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Lectures on history, and general policy: to which is prefixed, An essay in a course of liberal education for civil and active life. And an additional lecture on the Constitution of the United States. The whole corrected, improved and enlarged: with a chart of history and a chart of biography.
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    Cover of edition lecturesonhisto08priegoog First published in 1788 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: An history of the corruptions of Christianity: in two volumes
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    Cover of edition historyofcorrupt02prieiala Cover of edition ahistorycorrupt00priegoog First published in 1782 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: An appeal to the public, on the subject of the riots in Birmingham.
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    Cover of edition anappealtopubli00priegoog First published in 1791 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: occasioned by his Reflections on the revolution in France
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    First published in 1791 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Miscellaneous observations relating to education: more especially as it respects the conduct of the mind ....

    First published in 1778 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: A familiar introduction to the study of electricity.

    First published in 1768 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: A course of lectures on oratory and criticism.
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    Cover of edition acourselectures00priegoog First published in 1777 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Institutes of natural and revealed religion.

    First published in 1772 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The present state of Europe compared with antient prophecies: a sermon preached at the Gravel Pit Meeting in Hackney, February 28, 1794 ...; with a preface, containing the reasons for the author's leaving England.
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    First published in 1794 — 7 editions
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English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)

Born 1733
Died 1804

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Unitarianism, History, Chemistry, Apologetics, Air, Phlogiston, Bible, Divinity, Unitarian churches, Bibliography, Church history, Controversial literature, Biography, Free will and determinism, Revelation, Composition, Politics and government, Religious Dissenters, Sermons, Theology, Water, Causes, Philosophy, Christianity

Places

Great Britain, England, France, United States, Birmingham (England), America, Birmingham, Europe, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, British West Indies, Byzantine Empire, Rome, Leeds (England), London (England), Midlands, West Indies

People

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), Jesus Christ, Richard Price (1723-1791), Samuel Horsley (1733-1806), Socrates, Thomas Paine (1737-1809), James Beattie (1735-1803), Thomas Reid (1710-1796), David Hume (1711-1776), Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Edward Elwall (1676-1744), Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), C.-F Volney (1757-1820), David Hartley (1705-1757), Edward Elwall, Edward Evanson (1731-1805), Gilbert Wakefield (1756-1801), Samuel Horsley successively Bp. of St. David's of Rochester, and of St. Asaph (1733-1806), Alexander Geddes (1737-1802), Dupuis (1742-1809), Isaac Le Fevre (1648?-1702), James Barnard (1733-1803), James Oswald (-1793), James Oswald (d. 1793), John Blair Linn (1777-1804)

Time

18th century, Revolution, 1789-1799, 1760-1789, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1797-1801, 1775-1783, To 1800, 1789-1815, Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D., 1500-1799, 1500-1800, 1607-1775, 1761, 1784, 1789-1820, 1790, 18th Cent, Early works to 1800, Early works to 1850, Primitive and early church, approximately 30-600, To 1850

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
December 11, 2019 Edited by Camillo Pellizzari Edited without comment.
December 11, 2019 Edited by Camillo Pellizzari merge authors
May 18, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import