Background
CHURCH, Arthur Herbert was born on June 2, 1834 in London. 4th son of John T. Church.
CHURCH, Arthur Herbert was born on June 2, 1834 in London. 4th son of John T. Church.
Studied at King’s College, London. Royal College of Chemistry, and Lincoln College, Oxford. 1st class in Natural Science School, Oxford.
Master of Arts; Doctor of Science.
Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester, 1863-1879. Lecturer, Cooper’s Hill, 1S8S-1900. Discoverer of turacin, an animal pigment containing 7 per cent of metallic copper, and of churchite, a native cerium phosphate, and of other new minerals.
President of Mineralogical Society, 1898-1901. Professor of Chemistry, Royal Academy of Arts, since 1879.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Club: Burlington Fine Arts.
Spouse 1879, Jemima, y.daughter of late J. Buckingham Pope.