| Citation | Professor of Chemistry, University College, Dundee. An active and successful worker in chemistry, especially physical and organic. Author of numerous papers, of which the following are among the most important: - 'Zur Affnitatsbestimmung Organischer Basen' (Zeit Physikal Chem, iv, p 319, 1889); 'Ueber Losliskkeit und Schmelzwarme' (ibid, v, 193, 1890); 'The Dissociation Constants of Organic Acids' (Journ Chem Soc, lxi, p 696, 1892); 'The Methyl Saltsof Camphoric Acid' (ibid, lxi, p 1088, 1892); 'The Electrolysis of Sodium Ethyl Camphorate' (ibid, lxiii, p495, 1893); 'The Boiling Points of Homologous Compounds' (ibid, part i, lxv, p 193, 1894); part ii, lxv, p 725, 1894); Hydrolysis in some Aqueous Solutions' (Proc Roy Soc Edin, vol xx, p 255, 1894). Along with Prof Crum Brown, 'Electrolytic Synthesis of Dibasic Acids' (parts i and ii, Trans Roy Soc, vol xxxvi, p 211, 1891, and vol xxxvii, p 361, 1893). Along with J Henderson, 'Electrolysis of Potassium Allo-Camphorate' (parts i and ii Journ Chem Soc, vol lxviii, p 337, 1895; vol lxix, p 748, 1896). Along with F I Hambly, 'Transformation of Cyanate into Urea' (Journ Chem Soc, vol lxvii, p 746, 1895). Along with J R Appleyard, 'Transformation of Methylammonium Cyanates into the Corresponding Ureas' (Journ Chem Soc, vol lxix, p 193, 1896). |