| Citation | Bassett, Henry (Reading). D.Sc. (London, Nancy), Ph.D (Munich). Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Chemical Department in the University of Reading.
Distinguished for investigations in inorganic chemistry and the application of physical chemistry to this field of research. Ha smade important contributions to the chemistry of calcium and other phosphates, the sulphur acids and their salts, the complex metal cyanides, cobalt and mercuric chorides, etc. Author of numerous reports on the hydrography of the Irish Sea. Has been since 1902 one of the outstanding exponents of inorganic chemical science in England. List of scientific publications attached. |