Thomas Charles Hope 1766 - 1844

occupation:
Chemist,
Educationist
Nationality:
British
born in:
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Hope is credited with the discovery of the element Strontium (1793), naming it after the place where it was found, Strontian in Argyll. He was also the first to show that water expands when frozen and that it attains its maximum density a few degrees above its freezing point (3.98°C).