Edward David Hughes
Edward David Hughes (born June 18, 1906 in Criccieth , † June 30, 1963 in London ) was a British chemist ( organic chemistry ).
Hughes was the son of a farmer and studied education in 1924 at the University College of North Wales in Bangor (Wales) with a bachelor's degree in 1927. As a student of KJP Orton he switched to chemistry and received his doctorate in 1930 in Bangor with Herbert Ben Watson . Then worked at University College London (UCL), from 1932 as a demonstrator and from 1939 as a lecturer . In 1938 he received the D. Sc. in London and in 1943 became a chemistry professor at University College Bangor. In 1948 he became a professor at University College London. From 1957 to 1961 he was deputy head of the chemistry faculty and from 1959 to 1961 he was dean of science.
He studied reaction mechanisms and kinetics of organic reactions with around 300 scientific publications. He was a pioneer in the use of isotopes in the study of reactions. At UCL he worked closely with Christopher Kelk Ingold .
Hughes was a Fellow of the Royal Society .
literature
- Winfried Pötsch u. a. Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The life data, publications and academic family tree of Edward David Hughes at academictree.org, accessed on February 12, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hughes, Edward David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Criccieth |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1963 |
| Place of death | London |