Smithson Tennant’s 251st Birthday
November 30th is the 251st birthday of Smithson Tennant, the Selby-born Chemist and discoverer of the elements Osmium and Iridium.
To celebrate, there will be a special YPS lecture by David Lewis in Selby Town Hall on Tuesday 4th December. Furthermore, we have published an article about Smithson Tennant along a with a number of others on our new “Yorkshire Scientists and Innovators” series which is available on our website now.