| 词条 | John Read (chemist) |
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Prof John Read FRS FRSE FCS FIC (1884–1963) was a British chemist and scientific author. LifeHe was born on 17 February 1884 at Maiden Newton in Dorset the son of John Read (1814-1889) a farmer, and his wife, Bessie Gatcombe (1854-1904). His father was 70 years old when he was born but his mother was only 30. His father died when John was five years old. He was educated at Sparkford village school then Sexey's School in Bruton, Somerset. Around 1900 he obtained a Diploma in Science from Finsbury Technical College and won a place at the University of London studying Chemistry, graduating in 1907. He then went to Zurich as a postgraduate gaining his first doctorate (PhD). In 1908 he began as an assistant in the Chemistry Department at Cambridge University. The university gave him a further MA in 1912. In 1916 the University of Sydney offered him the post of Professor of Organic Australia and so he emigrated to Australia. However he returned to Britain in 1923 as Professor of Chemistry at St Andrews University.[1] In April 1923 he visited the author Thomas Hardy.[2] In 1924 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir James Colquhoun Irvine, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Herbert Stanley Allen and Herbert Turnbull. He resigned in 1928. In 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.[3] According to his application citation his work covered: " wide and important fields, including (a) Optical activity; (b) Formation of halogenohydrins from unsaturated compounds; (c) Investigation of Australian products, including eucalyptus oils, marine fibre, Papuan petroleum; (d) Terpene chemistry". He was also credited with building and developing the Sydney organic chemistry school.[4] He died in St Andrews on 21 January 1963 FamilyIn 1916 he married Ida Suddards. Publications
References1. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Read, John}}{{UK-chemist-stub}}2. ^Personal Notebooks of Thomas Hardy 12 April 1923 3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo==%27EC%2F1935%2F15%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl|title=Fellow details| publisher=RoyalSociety|accessdate=9 February 2018}} 9 : 1884 births|1963 deaths|People from Dorset|Academics of the University of St Andrews|Alumni of the University of London|British chemists|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Fellows of the Royal Society|Fellows of the Chemical Society |
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