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.

Click here to go to the Smithson Tennant event page

Click here to go to the Smithson Tennant article