James Wyllie Rodger

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James Wyllie Rodger (born December 11, 1867 in Stewarton, Ayrshire , † 1896 ) was a Scottish chemist and member of the Royal College of Science (ARCS).

Life

He attended the Kilmarnock Academy and studied under John Dickie and the Royal College of Science in London, where he won various prizes from 1885 to 1888. In 1885 he received a royal scholarship and in 1886 the Murchison Prize in Geology. In 1889 he became an assistant at the research laboratory and published numerous papers over the next five to six years with Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925).

Publications (selection)

  • On the Relations between the Viscosity of Liquids and their Chemical Nature
  • with John Samuel Strafford Brame: The optical rotations of methylic and ethylic tartrates. 1898, doi : 10.1039 / CT8987300301

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Obituary notices , WL Hiepe; James Wyllie Rodger in: Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions, 1898, 73, 1047-1051 doi : 10.1039 / CT8987301047
  2. ^ AWR: James Wyllie Rodger, ARCS ; In: Nature 56, 129-129 (10 June 1897) doi : 10.1038 / 056129b0
  3. ^ Chemical Society (Great Britain), Bureau of Chemical Abstracts (Great Britain): Journal of the Chemical Society , Volume 73, Journal of the Chemical Society, The Society, 1965, Volume 7, page 1047.
personal data
SURNAME Rodger, James Wyllie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish scientist
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Stewarton, Ayrshire
DATE OF DEATH 1896