Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Pattinson, Hugh Lee, 1796 - 1858, industrial chemist
Description area
Dates of existence
1796 - 1858
History
Hugh Lee Pattinson was the great grandfather of Sir Lawrence. Born 25 December 1796, he became an industrial chemist. He is known for patenting the Pattinson process of refining silver, as well as his daguerreotype photographs taken in 1840.