Frederick Guthrie
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Frederick Guthrie (1833 - 1886) was a British scientific writer and professor. He helped found the Physical Society of London (now the Institute of Physics) in 1874 and was president of the society from 1876. He believed that science should be based on experimentation rather than discussion. He was also a professor at the Royal School of Mines, where he mentored the future experimental physicist C.V. Boys.
He wrote the Elements of Heat in 1868 and Magnetism and Electricity in 1873.
Mustard gas was first reported use was by a man named Frederick Guthrie in 1860, who reacted ethylene with Cl2, and noticed the toxic effects it had on his own skin
Guthrie was also a linguist, playwright, and poet. Under the name Frederick Cerny, he wrote the poems The Jew (1863) and Logrono (1877).
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