Charles Wilson Vincent
{{Short description|British chemist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name =Charles Wilson Vincent
| birth_date = 11 May 1837
| birth_place = Islington, London, England
| death_date = {{dda|1905|9|11|1837|5|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Stoke Newington, England
| nationality = British
| fields = Chemistry
}}
Charles Wilson Vincent FRSE FIC FCS (1837–1905) was a 19th-century British chemist, and was also librarian at both the Royal Institution and the Reform Club in London. He was a Sandemanian.
Life
He was born in Islington in London on 11 May 1837 the eldest of 12 children of Benjamin Vincent (1818-1899), a colleague of Michael Faraday, and his wife Janey Young. He was baptised in Clerkenwell on 16 June. Benjamin became a Sandemanian at the influence of Faraday in 1832.{{Cite web | url=http://www.rigb.org/our-history/people/v/benjamin-vincent | title=Benjamin Vincent (1818-1899)}}
He joined the Royal Institution in 1851 as Assistant Librarian, under his father as Librarian. Aged 14 his role presumably was that of a trainee or apprentice. A second son Robert Vincent also joined as second assistant. Charles began lecturing at the Royal College of Chemistry in 1854 (aged only 17).Michael Faraday, Sandemanian and Scientist by G Cantor
He resigned as Librarian of the Royal Institution in 1857 to join the chemical industry.
He became a member of the Sandemanian Church in 1859 but resigned in 1864.{{cite web |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-1-349-13131-0%2F1.pdf |title= Family tree|last= |first= |date= |website=link.springer.com |access-date=2020-03-03}}
In 1875 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to chemistry. His proposers were Andrew Pritchard, William Rutherford, George James Allman and John Hutton Balfour.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2019-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
He became librarian to the Reform Club in 1879, replacing Henry Campkin.
He died on 11 September 1905 in Stoke Newington.
Publications
- On the Sulphur Deposits of Krlsuvik, Iceland (1873)
- The Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art (from 1855 to 1876)
- Burton Brewing Water (1878)
- Chemistry: Theoretical, Practical and Analytical (1879)
Family
He was married to Ann or Anne Ross Baxter in 1864 at Islington Registry Office. They had a truly remarkable 20 children.{{Cite web | url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/charles_vincent | title=Charles Vincent - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage}}
One of his sisters was named Sarah Faraday Vincent in honour of Faraday.
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Category:People from the London Borough of Islington
Category:English non-fiction writers
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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