Joseph Black
The name Joseph Black is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Greyfriars Convenanters Prison private cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
There are 38 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Joseph Black was buried in 1799. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Joseph Black is listed on the GPR grave numbered 175546.
Joseph Black is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Joseph Black has the record number 373206 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 14 December 2011
There is one image available for the monument listing Joseph Black (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Joseph Black record:
Holder of the Chairs of Chemistry at both Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities - he is credited with the discovery of carbonic acid and of latent heat The head depicted on his tomb is not a likeness but represents his powerful mind