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The son of the banker George Children. A keen amateur scientist, he created a laboratory at his parental home, Ferox Hall, with the support of his father. Children constructed a large voltaic battery to test the use of electricity in chemical analysis. This work brought him into contact with the foremost scientists of the day, especially Humphry Davy, who conducted many experiments at Ferox Hall between 1808 and 1812. Children was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1807. His father's bankruptcy in 1816 forced Children to find employment. He became assistant librarian in the department of antiquities of the British Museum, and remained at the museum until his retirement in 1840.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

John George Children

Date

1826

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

5151

Acquisition method

Given by John C. Children, 1977

Work type

Painting

National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner

1787–1849

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Major General Sir William Nott (1782–1845) British Library
John Dalton (1766–1844) The Royal Society
John MacCulloch (1773–1835) The Royal Society
George Murray (1784–1860), Bishop of Rochester Christ Church, University of Oxford
Charles Lloyd Christ Church, University of Oxford
John Thomas James, Bishop of Calcutta Christ Church, University of Oxford
William Fairbairn (1789–1874) The Royal Society
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