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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Patrick Blackett

Patrick Blackett

Physicist. Born Kensington, Served in the navy in WW1. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948. Government and military advisor in WW2. Created a life peer in 1969 as Baron Blackett of Chelsea....

Person, Science

1 memorial
Nicolaus  Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

Mathematician and astronomer.   Argued that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.

Person, Science, Poland

1 memorial
Royal Institution (of Great Britain)

Royal Institution (of Great Britain)

A group of men started meeting at Gresham College and formed a society to promote experimental knowledge. Achieved the royal charter in 1662. Still in its original premises in Albemarle Street. Mi...

Group, Science

4 memorials
David Kirkaldy

David Kirkaldy

Born near Dundee. In 1857 Kirkaldy helped form the Institution of Engineers in Scotland and was the first person to set up a load testing machine for construction materials powerful enough to deal ...

Person, Science, Scotland

2 memorials
Sir William Ramsay

Sir William Ramsay

Born at 2 Queen's Crescent, Glasgow. he studied in Tübingen and Glasgow. Following the discovery of helium, it occurred to him that there was room in the periodic table for a new eighth group of el...

Person, Science, Germany, Scotland

1 memorial