Thomas Charles Hope, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Charles Hope

Scottish physician and chemist

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1766

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1844

Profession: physicist, chemist, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Thomas Charles Hope (21 July 1766 – 13 June 1844) was a Scottish physician, chemist and lecturer.
He proved the existence of the element strontium, and gave his name to Hope's Experiment, which shows that water reaches its maximum density at 4 °C (39 °F).In 1815 Hope was elected as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1815–19), and as vice-president of Royal Society of Edinburgh (1823–33) during the presidencies of Walter Scott and Thomas Makdougall Brisbane. He founded a chemistry prize at the University of Edinburgh.Charles Darwin was one of Hope's students, and Darwin viewed his chemistry lectures as highlights in his otherwise largely dull education at the University.