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Thomas Graham lived from 21 December 1805 to 16 September 1869. He was an eminent chemist remembered in the name of "Graham's Law", which relates to the diffusion of gases. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.

Thomas Graham was born in Glasgow.

His father was a successful textile manufacturer who wanted his son to become a minister in the Church of Scotland.

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Graham became a student at the University of Glasgow in 1819, still aged only 14. While there, Graham developed an interest in chemistry and, despite his father's wishes, went on to study it full time, being awarded an M.A. in 1826. He then worked at the University of Edinburgh for two years before returning to Glasgow to teach chemistry and mathematics.

In 1830 he became a professor of chemistry at Anderson's Institution (later the University of Strathclyde) in Glasgow.

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