Editing Thomas Graham (chemist) (section)

==Life==
Graham was born in [[Glasgow]], Scotland and was educated at the [[High School of Glasgow]]. Graham's father was a successful textile manufacturer, and wanted his son to enter into the [[Church of Scotland]]. Instead, defying his father's wishes, Graham became a student at the [[University of Glasgow]] in 1819. There he developed a strong interest in [[chemistry]], studying under [[Thomas Thomson (chemist)|Professor Thomas Thomson]], who was impressed and influenced by the young man. He left the university after receiving his MA in 1824.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|year=2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

He later studied medicine at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and then briefly taught chemistry at the [[Glasgow University]] Portland Street Medical School.  In 1828 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]], his proposer was Edward Turner. He won the Society's [[Keith Medal]] for the period 1831–33.<ref name=":0" />

in 1830 he was appointed to be the first professor of chemistry at the [[University of Strathclyde|Anderson's Medical School]], a post later named the Freeland Chair of Chemistry. He also delivered lectures to the [[University of Strathclyde|Glasgow Mechanics' Institution]] before moving to take up a professorship at the [[University of London]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Williamson |first1=Alexander |date=4 November 1869 |title=The Late Professor Graham |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_nature-uk_1869-11-04_1_1/page/20/mode/2up?view=theater |journal=Nature |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=20–22 |doi= 10.1038/001020a0|bibcode=1869Natur...1...20W |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> where Graham founded the [[Chemical Society of London]] in 1841. In 1866, he was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].

His final position was the [[Master of the Mint]], where he stayed from 1855 until his death. He was the last person to hold that position:<ref name="Ghosh2009"/> afterwards the post was amalgamated into the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] while all the actual responsibilities were transferred to the Deputy Master.

He died in [[Gordon Square]] in London but his body was returned to Glasgow for burial in the family plot at [[Glasgow Cathedral]].<ref name=":0" />