86 JAMES MUSPRATT 



Hessian town a place of residence. From 

 the old Laboratory adjoining the Klinik, 

 many eminent men have emerged; Hoffmann, 

 Weiss, Fresenius, Lyon- Play fair, Gregory, 

 Johnstone, Schorlemmer, are old Giessen 

 students who have won high honour in their 

 profession ; and around Liebig were gathered 

 professors, who alone would have given 

 renown to their colleges. There was Hermann 

 Kopp, the profound scholar, and ceaseless 

 worker; the genial Will, the courtly Buff, 

 Knapp, Ettling, and Dieffenbach, all men 

 associated with the classes of Physical 

 Science. 



James Muspratt's son, Sheridan, was an 

 earnest student, he became a translator of 

 some of Liebig's works, also of Plattner's 

 work on the blowpipe, but he is better known 

 as the founder of the Liverpool College of 

 Chemistry and the author of what was for a 

 long time the standard work, ''Muspratt's 

 Dictionary of Chemistry." He is also 

 remembered for his dramatic tastes and as 

 the favoured lover and husband of the 

 beautiful Susan Cushman, the accomplished 

 actress. Two of the other sons spent some 

 time first at Glasgow and afterwards at 

 London under his friend Professor Graham 



