Samuel Smiles (chemist)

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Samuel Smiles (born July 17, 1877 in Belfast , † May 6, 1953 in Tunbridge Wells ) was an English chemist ( organic chemistry ).

Life

Smiles was the son of a tea merchant and grandson of Samuel Smiles . He grew up in London from 1880 and attended Marlborough College. He studied from 1894 at University College London (as well as in Paris and Jena) and after graduating from John Norman Collie he was assistant professor from 1902 and from 1908 assistant professor at University College London. In 1919 he became a professor at the University of Newcastle (then Armstrong College) and later he was professor at King's College London.

He was particularly concerned with organic sulfur compounds. The Smiles rearrangement , which he described in 1931, is named after him.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society from 1918 . In the same year he became OBE for work during the First World War. He was an Honorary Doctor (D.Sc.) from Queen's University Belfast.

He had been married since 1920, the marriage remained childless.

Fonts

  • Chemical constitution and physical properties, Springer Verlag 1914 (edited by RO Herzog)

literature

  • GM Bennett, Biographical Memoirs Fellows Royal Society, Volume 8, 1953, first page

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographies, publications and academic family tree of Samuel Smiles at academictree.org, accessed on January 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ Biography of William Holmes Smiles by Linde Lunney, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Online
personal data
SURNAME Smiles, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chemist
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1953
Place of death Tunbridge Wells