| Authorised form of name | Knox; John Henderson (1927 - 2018) |
| Dates | 1927 - 2018 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 21/10/1927 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of death | 15/10/2018 |
| Research field | Chromatography |
| Reaction kinetics |
| Activity | Education:
University of Edinburgh, BSc in Chemistry (1949), D.Sc (1963); University of Cambridge, PhD in slow combustion kinetics of propane (1953)
Career:
Pioneer of gas chromotography; designer of the Knox Anchor; Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Edinburgh (1953), Reader (1966), Personal Chair in Physical Chemistry (1974); Senior Visiting Fellowship, University of Utah working on gas and liquid chromotography with Calvin Giddings (1964); Founding Director of Wolfson Unit for High Performance Liquid Chromatograhy (1972-1992); retired from teaching at Edinburgh University (1984);
Memberships:
FRSE (1971)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1984 |
| Age at election | 56 |
| Source | Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Knox_(chemist)
Obituaries:
https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/john-knox/
Daily Telegraph 6 November 2018 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/43451320 |
| Code | NA4460 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/SGRS/8424 | Knox, John Henderson | 1985 |
| EC/1984/17 | Knox, John Henderson: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1977 |
| RR/79/208 | Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'Low temperature oxidation and cool flames of propane' by John Henderson Knox and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish | 20 August 1953 |
| RR/79/207 | Referee's report by Edmund John Bowen, on a paper 'Low temperature oxidation and cool flames of propane' by John Henderson Knox and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish | 15 August 1953 |