Group    From 1845 

Royal Socity of Chemistry

Categories: Science

Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry. It carries out research, publishes journals, books and databases as wellas hosting conferences, seminars and workshops. It is the professional body for chemistry in the U.K.

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Royal Socity of Chemistry

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DNA at Kings

Near this site Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Raymond Gosling, Alexander...

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John Newlands

J.A.R. Newlands, 1837 - 1898, chemist and discoverer of the periodic law for ...

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Lord Porter

Professor The Lord Porter of Luddenham OM PRS (1920 - 2002). 1985 - 2002 Chai...

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Royal College of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry National Historic Chemical Landmark Former site ...

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Sir Derek Barton

RSC advancing the chemical sciences, national chemical landmark, Sir Derek Ba...

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Edward Acheson

Edward Acheson

American chemist, inventor and industrialist. Born Pennsylvania.  Initially worked with Edison. Companies he founded include: Carborundum, Inc., UCar International, and Acheson Industries.  In abou...

Person, Industry, Science, USA

1 memorial
Maurice Wilkins

Maurice Wilkins

Molecular biologist. Born New Zealand. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies 1953 at King's College London with Franklin, Gosling, Stokes and Wilson.  1962 awarded a Nobel Prize with Crick and Wa...

Person, Science, New Zealand

2 memorials
Sir Humphry Davy

Sir Humphry Davy

Chemist. Born Penzance. Wrote "Researches, Chemical and Philosophical". Discovered potassium, sodium, barium, strontium, etc. Invented the safety lamp for coal miners.

Person, Science

1 memorial
William Hyde Wollaston

William Hyde Wollaston

Chemist and physicist. Born Norfolk. Trained and worked as a doctor. 1797 moved to London and in 1801 stopped working and concentrated on his interests, setting up a private laboratory at 14 Buckin...

Person, Science

1 memorial
Daniel Solander

Daniel Solander

Swedish botanist. Came to London in June 1760 to promote Carl Linnaeus’ taxonomy and used it to catalogue the natural history collections at the British Museum. Travelled with Joseph Banks on Capta...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Science, Sweden

1 memorial