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Henry Beaumont Leeson (1803–1872) was an English physician and chemist. His name is now known for a piece of optical apparatus. ==Life== He was the son of Robert Leeson of Nottingham, and was educated at King's Cliffe school, Hammersmith, and Repton School. He matriculated at Caius College, Cambridge in 1822, graduating B.A. in 1826, and M.A. in 1829. Leeson studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital in London, and graduated M.D. in 1840, at the University of Oxford. From 1840 to 1852 he acted as physician and lecturer on Chemistry and Forensic Medicine, at St Thomas's.〔(Royal Society Page )〕 He was Treasurer of the Cavendish Society, set up in 1846 to print chemical works;〔Abraham Hume and A. I. Evans, ''The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom'' (1853), p. 293; (archive.org ).〕 and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849. He belonged also to the Royal College of Physicians. and the Chemical Society.〔 Leeson retired to the Isle of Wight, and a villa at Pulpit Rock near Bonchurch.〔Thomas Barber, ''Barber's Picturesque Guide to the Isle of Wight'' (1850), p. 74 * * *;(archive.org ).〕 He owned and developed other properties in the area.〔William Bernard Cooke, ''Bonchurch, Shanklin and the Undercliff'' (1849), note p. 13; (archive.org ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Beaumont Leeson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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