[[Image:Arthur Aikin.jpg|thumb|200px|Arthur Aikin]]
'''Arthur Aikin''' ([[May 19]], [[1773]] - [[April 15]], [[1854]]), [[England|English]] [[chemistry|chemist]], [[mineralogy|mineralogist]] and scientific writer, was born in [[Warrington, England|Warrington]], [[Lancashire]].

He was the son of Dr. [[John Aikin]].

He studied chemistry under [[Joseph Priestley]] at [[Warrington Academy]], and gave attention to
the practical applications of the science.

From 1803 to 1808 he was editor of ''[[Annual Review]]''.

He was one of the founders of the [[Geological Society of London]] in 1807 and was its honorary secretary in 1812-1817. He contributed papers on the [[Telford_and_Wrekin|Wrekin]] and the [[Shropshire]] coalfield, among others, to the transactions of that society.

Later he became secretary of the [[Royal Society of Arts]], and in 1841 treasurer of the [[Chemical Society]]. In early life he had been a [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] minister for a short time. He was highly esteemed as a man of sound judgment and wide knowledge. He died in [[London]].

Publications:
:''Journal of a Tour through North Wales and Part of Shropshire with Observations in Mineralogy and Other Branches of Natural History'' (London, 1797)
:''A Manual of Mineralogy'' (1814; ed. 2, 1815)
:''A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy'' (with his brother C. R. Aikin), 2 vols. (London, 1807, 1814).

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