Background
He was born in Edinburgh on 30 November 1794, the son of Sir John Connell, Judge of the Admiralty Court and his wife, Margaret Campbell (daughter of Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth).
He was born in Edinburgh on 30 November 1794, the son of Sir John Connell, Judge of the Admiralty Court and his wife, Margaret Campbell (daughter of Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth).
University of Edinburgh.
The mineral Connellite is named after him. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Connell was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and then trained to be an advocate, qualifying in 1817.
He studied at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford Universities.
His interests moved from law to chemistry and from 1840 to 1856 he was Professor of Chemistry at Street Andrews University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1829, his proposer being John Borthwick.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1855. In 1847 he discovered a new mineral: originally described as a sulphato-chloride of copper, now known as Connellite.
He died in Street Andrews on 31 October 1863.
Royal Society.
