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William Prout
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Born in Horton, Gloucestershire
Born on 15th of January 1785
Died on 9th of April 1850

Prout took his MD at Edinburgh University, and practiced medicine in London. While following that profession, however, he did wide-ranging chemical research, with groundbreaking results. He discovered that the stomach contains hydrochloric acid; invented the term ‘convection’ to describe that form of heat transfer; set out a logical classification of foods into major groups; but is most famous for his 1815 ‘Hypothesis’ which provided insights into atomic structure that inspired later scientists.

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