Thomas BeddoesIn existographies, Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808) (CR:3) was and English physician and science writer noted for doing the 1785 English translation, with original notes, of Swedish chemist Torbern Berman’s 1775 A Dissertation on Elective Attractions. [1]

Beddoes was also the second person to use the term "biology".

References
1. (a) Chisholm, Hugh. (1910). The Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 3 (Thomas Beddoes, pg. 614). At the University Press.
(b) Bergman, Torbern. (1775). A Dissertation on Elective Attractions. London: Frank Cass & Co.

Further reading
● Levere, Trevor. (2016). The Enlightenment of Thomas Beddoes: Science, Medicine, and Reform. Routledge.

External links
● Thomas Beddoes – Wikipedia.

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