Charles Albert Fawsitt

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Charles Albert Fawsitt (* 1850 - February 16, 1928 ) was chemist's manager in Govan, Scotland .

He was temporarily an employee of Wilhelm Dittmar . After they reported the results of their investigation into the specific gravity of methyl alcohol solutions of various concentrations to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1887 , he was elected a Fellow of the Society in 1888 .

A relative of his wife Mary, née Pollack, founded the local shale oil industry . Until his resignation in 1914, he was a member of the Council of the Chemical Society .

His son, Charles Edward Fawsitt (1878–1960), also became a chemist.

Publications

  • Charles A. Fawsitt: Strange Properties of Matter. In: Nature. 19, 1878, pp. 98-98, doi : 10.1038 / 019098a0 .
  • Wilhelm Dittmar, Charles A. Fawsitt: About the physical properties of methyl alcohol. In: Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 29, No. 1, 1890, doi : 10.1007 / BF01367034 .
  • Charles A. Fawsitt: The "dry heat" vulcanization of rubber, with special reference to the use of an improved vulcaniser. In: Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. 11, No. 4, 1892, doi : 10.1002 / jctb.5000110424 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monumental Inscription Index. Mar & Valley Cemeteries, Stirling. (PDF; 5.5 MB) In: Memento-mori.co.uk. April 10, 2010, p. 7 , accessed on July 20, 2010 (English).
  2. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Annual General Meeting. In: Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions. 105, 1914, doi : 10.1039 / CT9140501162 .
  4. ↑ KJ Cable, Ursula Bygott: Fawsitt, Charles Edward (1878-1960). In: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. 1981 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Fawsitt, Charles Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 1850
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1928