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Previous | Home | NextThis is the northern portion of Garden Court (1 Garden Court), where Tennant lived. In 1788 after he obtained his M.D. degree, he lived here the rest of his life. He never practiced medicine, but instead pursued research in chemistry and mineralogy, with a rich background gained by extensive travel of Europe. He frequently gave lectures to large gatherings of his friends in his rooms at Garden Court. Here he conducted his important researches, including the discovery of iridium and osmium, and his demonstration that graphite and diamond are equivalent (they give equal amounts of carbon dioxide; previously, some speculated that diamond was merely a form of carbon oxide).
Buildings on Garden Court were built in the late 1676; they were demolished and replaced by newer buildings in 1830, and again in 1883.
In Great Expectations Charles Dickens refers to Garden Court, Middle Temple.
Today 1 Garden Court is occupied by offices devoted to the practice of family law.
The view is south.
