| Authorised form of name | Denbigh; Kenneth George (1911 - 2004) |
| Dates | 1911 - 2004 |
| Place of birth | Luton, Befordshire |
| Date of birth | 30/05/1911 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 23/01/2004 |
| Research field | Chemical engineering |
| Philosophy of science |
| Activity | Education:
University of Leeds (first class honours in chemistry, 1932; PhD, 1934)
Career:
Chemist, Imperial Chemical Industries, Billingham Division (1934-1938, 1945-1948); Lecturer, Southampton University (1938-1941); staff, Ministry of Supply (Explosives), Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgwater, Somerset (1941-1945); Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department, Cambridge University (1948-1955); Professor of Chemical Technology, Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt University (1955-1960); Professor of Chemical Engineering Science, Imperial College London (1960-1961), Courtaulds Professor (1961-1966), Professor Emeritus (1977); Principal, Queen Elizabeth College London (1966-1977); Director, Council for Science and Society (1977-1983)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1965 |
| Age at election | 53 |
| Relationships | Married (1935) Kathleen Enoch |
| Source | Sources:
Obituary in The Times (27 January 2004); Obituary in the Independent (24 February 2004)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 61-71, plate, by Sir John Rowlinson |
| Code | NA4088 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/WRS/9595 | Denbigh, Kenneth George | nd |
| EC/1965/09 | Denbigh, Kenneth George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1960 |
| RR/75/199 | Referee's report by William Joseph Elford, on a paper 'The thermo-osmosis of gases through a membrane I Theoretical' by Kenneth George Denbigh and Gertrud Raumann | 5 September 1951 |
| RR/75/200 | Referee's report by William Joseph Elford, on a paper 'The thermo-osmosis of gases through a membrane II Experimental' by Kenneth George Denbigh and Gertrud Raumann | 5 September 1951 |