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Daniel Rutherford Daniel Rutherford was born in 1749 and died in 1819. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he was given the honors of being appointed Regius Chair of Botany, and keeper of the Botanic Gardens in 1786. But, his most important achievement was when he was credited for the discovery of Nitrogen. He discovered this as a student working along side of Joseph Black. He u