Robert Angus Smith

Robert Angus Smith (February 15, 1817–May 12, 1884) was a Scottish chemist, who investigated numerous environmental issues. He is famous for his research on air pollution in 1852, in the course of which he discovered and coined the term acid rain.Born Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Smith was educated at the University of Glasgow in preparation for ministry in the Church of Scotland but left before graduating. He worked as a personal tutor and, accompanying a family to Gießen in 1839, he stayed on in Germany to study chemistry under Justus von Liebig, earning a Ph.D. in 1841.
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Robert Angus Smith né le 15 février 1817 à Glasgow Robert Angus Smith était un grand Chimiste écossais connu pour ses recherches sur la pollution atmosphérique, essentiellement sur les pluies acides.
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