Cumming, James
(1777–1861)
- Christopher F. Lindsey
Extract
Cumming, James (1777–1861), chemist, was born on 26 October 1777 in the parish of St James Piccadilly, London, the son of James Cumming and his wife, Alice Atherton. His grandfather and father were descended from the Scottish family of Cumming of Altyre, near ...