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Joseph Black was born in Bordeaux, France, the fourth child of parents of Scottish extraction. His father was a native of Belfast engaged in the Bordeaux wine trade his mother was a daughter of an Aberdeen man who had settled in Bordeaux. In all. Black s parents had twelve children. At the age of twelve Black was sent to school in Belfast, and around 1744 proceeded to the University of Glasgow. Black followed the standard curriculum until pressed by his father to choose a profession. He opted for medicine. Black began to study anatomy and chemisti-y. William Cullen had recently inaugurated lectures in chemisti y that were to have a decisive influence on Black s career. Recognizing Black s aptitude, Cullen employed Black as his laboratory assistant. 

In 1748, William Cullen of the University of Glasgow in. Scotland made the earliest demonstration of inati-... 

While traveling on business. Watt met a Miss MacGregor who was connected with the University of Glasgow, and they married in 1776. Their two children did not live into adulthood. 

Archibald Scott Courier (1831-1892) was born in Kirkintilloch, Scotland, and studied at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Paris. Although his scientific paper about the ability of carbon to form four bonds was submitted prior to a similar paper by Kekule, Couper never received credit for his work. His health began to decline after the rejection of his achievements, and he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1858. He then retired from further scientific work and spent the last 30 years of his life in the care of his mother. 

Alex Johnstone University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, alexjo btintemet.com... 

Discourse Revelatory Images, Glasgow Emblem Studies (Glasgow University of Glasgow, 1998), 3 49-69. 

Robert J. Nibbs Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom... 

Catalogue of the Ferguson collection of books mainly relating to alchemy, chemistry, witchcraft and gypsies in the library of the University of Glasgow supplement. Glasgow R. Maclehose, 1955. 8p. 

McLean, Adam. The Ferguson Collection of alchemical books and manuscripts [University of Glasgow], Cauda Pavonis 19, no. 1 (Spring 2000) 17-19. 

Adams, Alison and Stanton J. Linden, eds.Emblems and alchemy. Glasgow Department of French, University of Glasgow, 1998. vi, 215 p. 

Malcolm W. Kennedy, Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ UK. malcolm.kennedy bio.gla.ac.uk David P. Knox, Moredun Research Institute, Pentiands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 OPZ, UK. knoxd mri.sari.ac.uk... 

Catherine E. Lawrence, Division of Infection and Immunity, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ UK. c.lawrence strath.ac.uk... 

Wellcome Centre of Molecular Parasitology, The Anderson College, The University of Glasgow, 56 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NU, UK... 

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