Author:John Ferguson

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John Ferguson (1838–1916)

Scot, chemist and bibliographer; Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. F-n."

Works

• Some early treatises on technological chemistry (1888) [1]
• Bibliotheca chemica: a catalogue of the alchemical, chemical and pharmaceutical books in the collection of the late James Young of Kelly and Durris in 2 vols. v.1 v.2

describing 1300 booksit runs to over a thousand pages due to the wealth of bibliographical and biographical information provided for each entry.

• Bibliographical Notes on the Witchcraft Literature of Scotland
• “Vigani, John Francis,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• 1. “The Nervous System, and its Relation to Education,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 47, August 1895

Papers

• The first history of chemistry ([1886?]) [2]
• Books of secrets. A paper read before the Bibliographical Society, April 21, 1913 (1914) [3]

Works about Ferguson

• “Obituary: Professor John Ferguson” in The Times (1916)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1916, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.