William Prout
1785-1850
English physician and chemist who formulated Prout's Hypothesis, which states that all atomic weights are whole numbers. His contributions to medicine were the result of...
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Prout was born in Gloucestershire, England. He was trained as a physician, but very early became interested in the chemistry of living organisms. Most of Prout's original research and thought involved...
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Prout was born in Gloucestershire, England. He was trained as a physician, but very early became interested in the chemistry of living organisms. Most of Prout's original research and thought involved...
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