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Priestley

American  
[preest-lee] / ˈprist li /

noun

  1. J(ohn) B(oynton) 1894–1984, English novelist.

  2. Joseph, 1733–1804, English chemist, author, and clergyman.

Priestley British  
/ ˈpriːstlɪ /

noun

  1. J ( ohn ) B ( oynton ). 1894–1984, English author. His works include the novels The Good Companions (1929) and Angel Pavement (1930) and the play An Inspector Calls (1946)

  2. Joseph. 1733–1804, English chemist, political theorist, and clergyman, in the US from 1794. He discovered oxygen (1774) independently of Scheele and isolated and described many other gases

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Priestley Scientific  
/ prēst′lē /

  1. British chemist who discovered oxygen (1774) and 10 other gases, including hydrogen chloride, sulphur dioxide, and ammonia.

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