Joseph Priestley
1733 to 1804
15 documented presences
13 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for Joseph Priestley across 13 places, from 1752 to 1804. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Joseph Priestley (24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator and classical liberal political theorist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1752year
Northamptonshireattested
“Priestley eventually decided to return to his theological studies and, in 1752, matriculated at Daventry, a Dissenting academy in Northamptonshire, England.”
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1752year
Daventryattested
“Priestley eventually decided to return to his theological studies and, in 1752, matriculated at Daventry, a Dissenting academy in Northamptonshire, England.”
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1758year
Nantwichattested
“Priestley's Daventry friends helped him obtain another position and in 1758 he moved to Nantwich, Cheshire, living at Sweetbriar Hall in the town's Hospital Street; his time there was happier.”
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1761year
Warringtonattested
“In 1761, Priestley moved to Warrington in Cheshire and assumed the post of tutor of modern languages and rhetoric at the town's Dissenting academy, although he would have preferred to teach mathematics and natural philosophy.”
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1761year
Cheshireattested
“In 1761, Priestley moved to Warrington in Cheshire and assumed the post of tutor of modern languages and rhetoric at the town's Dissenting academy, although he would have preferred to teach mathematics and natural philosophy.”
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1767year
Leedsattested
“Perhaps prompted by Mary Priestley's ill health, or financial problems, or a desire to prove himself to the community that had rejected him in his childhood, Priestley moved with his family from Warrington to Leeds in 1767, and he became…”
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1767year
Warringtonattested
“Perhaps prompted by Mary Priestley's ill health, or financial problems, or a desire to prove himself to the community that had rejected him in his childhood, Priestley moved with his family from Warrington to Leeds in 1767, and he became…”
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24 July 1768exact date
Leedsattested
“Two sons were born to the Priestleys in Leeds: Joseph, Junior, on 24 July 1768 and William three years later.”
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1773year
Calneattested
“In 1773, the Priestleys moved to Calne in Wiltshire, southwestern England, and a year later Lord Shelburne and Priestley took a tour of Europe.”
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1773year
Wiltshireattested
“In 1773, the Priestleys moved to Calne in Wiltshire, southwestern England, and a year later Lord Shelburne and Priestley took a tour of Europe.”
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1780 to 1791period
Birminghamattested
“In 1780 the Priestleys moved to Birmingham and spent a happy decade surrounded by old friends, until they were forced to flee in 1791 by religiously motivated mob violence in what became known as the Priestley Riots.”
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1785year
Americaattested
“Jefferson and Priestley became close, and when the latter had completed his General History of the Christian Church, he dedicated it to President Jefferson, writing that "it is now only that I can say I see nothing to fear from the hand…”
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February 1793month
Franceattested
“Following the declaration of war of February 1793, and the Aliens Bill of March 1793, which forbade correspondence or travel between England and France, William Priestley left France for America.”
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6 February 1804exact date
Northumberland, Pennsylvaniaattested
“He died on the morning of 6 February 1804, aged seventy and was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Northumberland, Pennsylvania.”
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6 February 1804exact date
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Places Joseph Priestley is documented in
Leeds2 presences · 1767 to 1768
Warrington2 presences · 1761 to 1767
America1 presence · 1785Birmingham1 presence · 1780France1 presence · 1793Wiltshire1 presence · 1773Calne1 presence · 1773
Cheshire1 presence · 1761
Daventry1 presence · 1752
Nantwich1 presence · 1758
Northamptonshire1 presence · 1752
Northumberland1 presence · 1804
Other places tied to Joseph Priestley in the record
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24 March 1733exact date
Leedsmentioned
“Fieldhead, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 24 March 1733; d.”
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1755year
Needham Marketmentioned
“Robert Schofield, Priestley's major modern biographer, describes his first "call" in 1755 to the Dissenting parish in Needham Market, Suffolk, as a "mistake" for both Priestley and the congregation.”
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1766 to 1767period
Royal Societymentioned
“(Impressed with his Charts and the manuscript of his history of electricity, Canton, Franklin, Watson, and Richard Price nominated Priestley for a fellowship in the Royal Society; he was accepted in 1766.) In 1767, the 700-page The Histo…”
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1767 to 1770period
Royal Societymentioned
“Between 1767 and 1770, he presented five papers to the Royal Society from these initial experiments; the first four papers explored coronal discharges and other phenomena related to electrical discharge, while the fifth reported on the c…”
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20 December 1772exact date
Mill Hill Chapelmentioned
“Although Priestley was reluctant to sacrifice his ministry, he accepted the position, resigning from Mill Hill Chapel on 20 December 1772, and preaching his last sermon on 16 May 1773.”
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17 April 1774exact date
Londonmentioned
“On 17 April 1774, Lindsey held the first Unitarian service in Britain, at the newly formed Essex Street Chapel in London; he had even designed his own liturgy, of which many were critical.”
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1781year
Leedsmentioned
“As in Leeds, Priestley established classes for the youth of his parish and by 1781, he was teaching 150 students.”
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1788year
Atlanticmentioned
“Priestley was also a supporter of the campaign to abolish Britain's involvement in the Atlantic slave trade, publishing a sermon in 1788 in which he declared that nobody treated slaves "with so much cruelty as the English".”
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1790year
Francementioned
“Burke, in his famous Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), tied natural philosophers, and specifically Priestley, to the French Revolution, writing that radicals who supported science in Britain "consider men in their experimen…”
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1791year
Birminghammentioned
“He also published An Appeal to the Public on the Subject of the Riots in Birmingham (1791), which indicted the people of Birmingham for allowing the riots to occur and for "violating the principles of English government".”
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7 April 1794exact date
Gravesendmentioned
“Finally Priestley himself followed with his wife, boarding the Sansom at Gravesend on 7 April 1794.”
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4 June 1794exact date
New York Citymentioned
“The Priestleys arrived in New York City on 4 June 1794, where they were fêted by various political factions vying for Priestley's endorsement.”
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August 1800month
Englandmentioned
“left on a visit to England at Christmas 1798, not returning until August 1800.”
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