Dr. Joseph Black.
Joseph Black (1728-1799), was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. He was Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glasgow for 10 years from 1756, and then Professor of Medicine and Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1766, teaching and lecturing there for more than 30 years. Black was in regular correspondence with James Watt and gave him the first impulse towards his work on improvements in the steam engine.
A similar portrait to this is in the collection of the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, where he is recognised as a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
The chemistry buildings at both the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow are named after him.
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