He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the author of "A Chemical Catechism", 1806. He also published in Russia. The Russian Emperor gave him a valuable ring. He had an entry in the National Biography. He was Initially a soap boiler in Stoke in 1793 then moved to London and became a manufacturing chemist. He was a member of 21 learned societies and the author of a number of books and papers. The British Library hold a volume of his papers [ref: 1037 i 26], which includes a short memoir of his father. Lived at Mecklenburgh Square, St Pancras, London WC1 for about five years preceeding his death. The 5 October 1968 edition of 'Chemistry and Industry' p 1319 in a leading article "Chemists and their Writings" makes reference to him and makes comments on his many publications and their contribution to the historian. A portrait from a drawing by Wivell and engraved by Ambrose William Warren (1781? to 1856) was prefixed to the 12th & 13th editions of 'Chemical Catechism' written for his daughter.