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died on the 1st February 1867, in the thirty-fourth year of his age. 
Dr Jackson was married to the only daughter of Sir William 
Johnston of Kirkhill, and has left a widow and two daughters to 
lament his loss. 
Thomas Richardson, an eminent chemist, was born at Newcastle 
on the 8th October 1816, and was educated in that city. At a 
comparatively early age he went to the University of Glasgow, 
where he prosecuted his chemical studies in the laboratory of the 
late Dr Thomson. From Glasgow he went to Germany, where he 
pursued his favourite science at the University of Giessen, in the 
celebrated laboratory of organic chemistry, then under the direc- 
tion of Baron Justus Liebig. After taking the degree of Ph.D. 
he accompanied Dr Thomson to Paris, where he completed his 
studies under the late celebrated Pelouze, whose recent death has 
deprived the Academy of Sciences of one of its most distinguished 
members. 
On his return to Newcastle Dr Richardson devoted himself chiefly 
to the application of chemistry to manufactures, and the results of 
his researches have been published in an important work, entitled 
“ Chemical Technology ; or, Chemistry in its Application to Arts and 
Manufactures.” This work was commenced as a translation of 
Knapp’s Technology , by Drs Ronald and Richardson in ] 847. The 
first two parts of a second edition greatly enlarged, and form- 
ing quite a new work, by the same authors, was published in 1865. 
Parts third and fourth, by Dr Richardson and Dr Watt, appeared 
in the years 1863-1866. This valuable work is still far from being 
completed. Dr Richardson also took an important part in the 
preparation of the work upon “ The Industries of the Tyne, the 
Wear, and the Tees.” 
During the last two years of his life Dr Richardson was engaged 
at Kirklees, near Wigan, in a series of elaborate experiments on 
the coal of that district, with the view of obtaining for it a place 
on the Admiralty list for naval purposes. 
In 1853, on the death of our late colleague, Professor Johnston 
Dr Richardson was appointed Reader of Chemistry in the Univer- 
sity of Durham. On this occasion the degree of M.A. was con- 
ferred upon him, and he continued for fourteen years to discharge 
