Colin A. Russell

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Colin Archibald Russell (born July 9, 1928 in London - † May 17, 2013 ) was a British historian of science and especially chemistry.

Life

Russell studied chemistry at the University of Hull and the University of London and was then from 1950 Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry at Kingston Technical College and from 1959 Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at Harris College, now the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. He also studied the history of science at the University of London with a doctorate in 1962. From 1970 he taught at the Open University , where he founded the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

He dealt with the history of British industrial chemistry also from an environmental perspective and in industrial archeology, science and religion, Edward Frankland and Michael Faraday and railway history.

In 1978 he received a D.Sc. of the University of London. In 1990 he received the Dexter Award and in 1995 the David Mellor Medal from the University of New South Wales . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and served on its council from 1999 to 2002. 1986 to 1988 he was President of the British Society for the History of Science. He was President of Christians in Science.

Fonts

  • The History of Valency, 1971
  • Science and Religious Belief: A Selection of Recent Historical Studies, 1973
  • with Gerrylynn K. Roberts, Noel George Coley: Chemists by Profession: The Origins and Rise of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1977
  • Science and Social Change in Britain and Europe, 1700-1900, 1984
  • Lancastrian Chemist: The Early Years of Sir Edward Frankland, 1986
  • Cross-Currents: Interactions between Science and Faith, InterVarsity Press (UK) 1985
  • Editor with DC Goodman: The Rise of Scientific Europe, 1500–1800, 1991
  • The Earth, Humanity and God, 1994
  • Edward Frankland: Chemistry, Controversy and Conspiracy in Victorian England, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996
  • Michael Faraday : Physics and Faith, 2000
  • Chemistry, Society and Environment: A New History of the British Chemical Industry, 2000
  • Editor with GK Roberts: Recent developments in the history of chemistry, Volume 2, 2005

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personal data
SURNAME Russell, Colin A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruell, Colin Archibald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chemical historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 17th May 2013