词条 | Patrick Dunbar Ritchie |
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LifeHe was born on 17 April 1907 in London. His family moved back to Scotland in his youth and he was educated at Arbroath High School then the High School of Dundee. In 1925 he began studying Chemistry at University College, Dundee, which was then a part of the University of St Andrews, graduating B.Sc in 1929. He then undertook postgraduate studies at Dundee gaining a PhD in 1932.[2] In 1950 he was given the Young chair in Technical Chemistry at the Royal Technical College in Glasgow.[3] In 1951 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Norman Davidson, James Wilfred Cook, John Monteath Robertson, and Harry Work Melville. [4] In 1964 he became the first chairman of the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry when the Technical College became the University of Strathclyde.[5] He retired from Strathclyde in 1972 but then was appointed professor of chemistry at the University of Penang in Malaysia. In 1978 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of LL.D from Dundee University. He died at St Albans on 1 November 1981. Publications
FamilyHe married twice, secondly to Gwen Hewett. References1. ^Royal Society of Edinburgh Yearbook 1983 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ritchie, Patrick Dunbar}}{{UK-chemist-stub}}2. ^{{cite book |title=University of St Andrews Students of University College Dundee and Medical School 1897-1947 |date=c. 1949 |publisher=University College, Dundee |location=Dundee}} 3. ^http://atom.lib.strath.ac.uk/ritchie-patrick-dunbar-1907-1981-chemist-professor-at-strathclyde-university 4. ^{{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}} 5. ^http://atom.lib.strath.ac.uk/ritchie-patrick-dunbar-1907-1981-chemist-professor-at-strathclyde-university 10 : 1907 births|1981 deaths|People from London|People educated at Arbroath High School|People educated at the High School of Dundee|Alumni of the University of Dundee|Academics of the University of Strathclyde|British chemists|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry |
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