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Joseph Priestley

Birstall, Leeds, 1733 - Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 1804
English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and Liberal political theorist, usually credited with the discovery of oxygen
(Wikipedia)

Alfred Drury
1903

Description

Statue of Joseph Priestley using a magnifying glass to burn some material in a mortar.

Inscription(s)

joseph
PRIESTLEY
1733-1804

Under the statue is the text the gift of
t. walter harding 1903

Signature

a. drury

The statues of James Watt and John Harrison and Walter Cook and Joseph Priestley in front of the General Post Office

Sculptor

Alfred Drury (Islington, London 1859 - 1944), British architectural sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, City Square, Leeds.
Leeds-List, The Leeds Welcome Art Trail.
Bob Speel, Sculpture in Leeds City Square.
Leeds Mercury - Wednesday 16 September 1903 (British Newspaper Archive).
The Graphic - Saturday 19 September 1903 (British Newspaper Archive).

Locatie (N 53°47'48" - W 1°32'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh100; Photograph: 28 July 2019
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