But it is not given to every electrician to die in so glori… - Joseph Priestley

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But it is not given to every electrician to die in so glorious a manner as the justly envied Richmann.

[G. W. Richmann died from being hit by lightning, which he had been investigating.]

Joseph Priestley

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Joseph Priestley (13 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English Unitarian clergyman, theologian, political theorist, and the scientist who is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, as he was the first to isolate it in its gaseous state.

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