Andrew Crosse (17 June 1784 – 6 July 1855) was a British amateur scientist who was born and died at Fyne Court, Broomfield, Somerset. Crosse was an early pioneer and experimenter in the use of electricity and one of the last of the 'gentlemen scientists'. He became widely known and somewhat notorious after press reporting of a 1836 electrocrystallization experiment during which insects 'appeared'.
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