Thomas Thomson (chemist)

Professor Thomas Thomson FRS FLS FRSE
Regius Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
In office ?–1841
Personal details
Born	12 April 1773 Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
Died	2 August 1852(1852-08-02) (aged 79) Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland

Thomas Thomson (12 April 1773 – 2 August 1852) was a Scottish chemist and mineralogist whose writings contributed to the early spread of Dalton's atomic theory. His scientific accomplishments include the invention of the saccharometer^[1] and he gave silicon its current name. He served as president of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow.

Thomson was the father of the botanist Thomas Thomson, and the uncle and father-in-law of the Medical Officer of Health Robert Thomson.