About Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering
Lived 1858 – 1920 (aged 62). Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering was a chemist.
The angel with the serpent. Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering was the model for this painting by his sister Evelyn De Morgan, c. 1870s. Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering (6 March 1858 – 5 December 1920) was a British chemist and horticulturist.
Early life and education Born to Anne Maria Spencer-Stanhope, granddaughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester and her husband Percival Pickering, he was the second eldest of four children. His elder sister was the artist Evelyn de Morgan and he was followed by Rowland Neville Umfreville (1861–1931) and writer Wilhelmina, later known as A. M. W. Stirling (1865-1965). He was able to start a career in science by building his own laboratory in his private house.
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British chemist (1858-1920)
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Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering was born on 6 March 1858.
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Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering died on 5 December 1920.
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Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering was a chemist.
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