| Authorised form of name | Weldon; Walter (1832 - 1885) |
| Dates | 1832 - 1885 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Loughborough, Leicestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 31 October 1832 |
| Place of death | At his residence, Rede hall, Burstow, Surrey |
| Date of death | 20 September 1885 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Career:
Worked in his father's business; moved to London and took up journalism (aged 22); instituted 'Weldon's Register of facts and occurrences in literature, science and art' (1860-1863); discovered a process for the perpetual regeneration of manganese for use in the production of chlorine; a founder of the Society of Chemical Industry
Memberships:
FCS; FRSE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/06/1882 |
| Relationships | Son of a manufacturer; married Ann Cotton; father of Walter Frank Raphael Weldon (FRS 1890) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889 vol 46 pp xix-xxiv signed by F W R |
| Code | NA2856 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| P/0140 | Portrait of Weldon, Walter | |
| NLB/10/886 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Editor, 'British Medical Journal', 429 Strand, W.C. | 26 February 1895 |
| NLB/10/884 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Walter Weldon, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 February 1895 |
| EC/1882/19 | Weldon, Walter: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/27/249 | Letter from Rudolph Messel, 147 Victoria Street, S.W, to [Robert] Harrison, [Assistant Secretary], [Royal Society] | 5 June 1912 |