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Thomas Anderson (2 July 1819 – 2 November 1874) was a noted 19th-century chemist. In 1853 his work on alkaloids led him to discover the correct structure for codeine.〔The crystalline constituents of opium, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 20, 1853, 347–75〕 In 1868 he discovered pyridine and related organic compounds such as picoline through studies on the distillation of bone-oil and other animal matter.〔The products of the destructive distillation of animal substances Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 25, 1868, 205–16〕 As well as his work on organic chemistry, Anderson made important contributions to agricultural chemistry, writing over 130 reports on soils, fertilisers and plant diseases. He kept abreast of all areas of science, and was able to advise his colleague Joseph Lister on Pasteur's germ theory and the use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic. Born in Leith,〔http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 Thomas Anderson graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a medical doctorate in 1841. Having developed an interest in chemistry during his medical studies, he then spent several years studying chemistry on European continent including spells under Jöns Jakob Berzelius in Sweden and Justus von Liebig in Germany. Returning to Edinburgh, he worked at the University of Edinburgh and at the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. In 1852, he was appointed Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow and remained in that post for the rest of his career.〔''(Biography of Thomas Anderson ) at website of University of Glasgow.''〕 In 1872, Anderson was awarded a Royal Medal from the Royal Society "for his investigations on the organic bases of Dippells animal oil; on codeine; on the crystallized constituents of opium; on piperin and on papaverin; and for his researches in physiological and animal chemistry." His later years were marred by a progressive neurological disease which may have been syphilis.〔G. F. Rodwell, ‘Anderson, Thomas (1819–1874)’, rev. T. B. Anderson, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, () 〕 He resigned his chair in early 1874, and died later that year in Chiswick. ==References== ==External links== * * 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「Thomas Anderson (chemist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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