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Smithson Tennant blue plaque

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Smithson Tennant blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Smithson Tennant FRS eminent Cambridge Professor of Chemistry who first isolated the rare noble metals osmium and iridium from native platinum deposits was born in this house on the 30th November 1761 Recorded plaque organisation: Selby Civic Society, Selby Town Council.

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