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The building is used as offices by the Bromford Corinthia Housing Association. In 1780, Sparkbrook was the home of Joseph Priestley, one of the founding fathers of modern chemistry. In 1791, his mansion was partially destroyed in what became known as the Priestley riots. It stood on what is now Priestley Road.
The attack on Joseph Priestley's home, Fairhill, at Sparkbrook, Birmingham on 14 July 1791. The Priestley Riots (also known as the Birmingham Riots of 1791) took place from 14 July to 17 July 1791 in Birmingham, England; the rioters' main targets were religious dissenters, most notably the politically and theologically controversial Joseph Priestley.
Birmingham and its surrounding area. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Priestley's son Joseph Priestley Jr. was a leading member of a consortium that had purchased 300,000 acres (120,000 ha) of virgin woodland between the forks of Loyalsock Creek. This they intended to lease or sell in 400-acre (160 ha) plots, with payment deferred to seven annual instalments, with interest. [176]
The Joseph Priestley House was the American home of eighteenth-century British theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher (and co-discoverer of oxygen), educator, and political theorist Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) from 1798 until his death.
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Joseph Priestley arrives in Birmingham. 1781 The Birmingham Library moves to premises in Swan Yard. Birmingham New Brass and Spelter Company established. 1782 – The Birmingham Old Brewery, Birmingham's first large scale brewery, opens on Moseley Street. 1783
Letters to the Rev. Mr. Medley, occasioned by his late behaviour while engaged in the performance of divine service (1790). [21] Addressed to Samuel Medley.; Letters to the British Nation: And to the Inhabitants of Every Other Country who May Have Heard of the Late Shameful Outrages Committed in this Part of the Kingdom (1791) [22] first part of a series in the aftermath of the Priestley riots ...