Newlands, John Alexander Reina

Anodier important advance in die classification of the elements was made by John Alexander Reina Newlands. He was born in Southwark, England, in 1837, and was educated privately by his father, a minister of... 

John Alexander Reina Newlands, 1837-1898. Professor of chemistry at the School of Medicine for Women and at the City of London College Discoverer of the law of octaves. He was an authority on the chemistry of sugar refining. 

John Alexander Reina Newlands (1838-1898). English chemist. Newlands s work was a step in the right direction in the classification of the elements. Unfortunately, because of its shortcomings, he was subjected to much criticism, and even ridicule. At one meeting he was asked if he had ever examined die elements according to the order of their initial letters Nevertheless, in 1887 Newlands was honored by the Royal Society of London for his contribution. 

John Alexander Reina Newlands (London 26 November 1837-29 July 1898) studied under Hofmann at the Royal College of Chemistry (1856) and became assistant to Way, the chemist of the Royal Agricultural Society. In 1864 he began to practise with his brother as an analytical chemist, and from 1868 was a chemist in a sugar refinery. ... 

John Alexander Reina Newlands was born in the inner London suburb of Southwark, of a Scottish father and Italian mother who were responsible, respectively, for his second and third names. He was an analytical chemist in the sugar industry. 

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