| RefNo | EC/1957/16 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVI, 192; A06139 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Rose, Francis Leslie: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Certificate of Election |
| Citation | Distinguished for his researches in organic chemistry with particular reference to chemotherapy. As leader of the Medicinal Chemicals Section of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. (Dyestuffs Division) he, with his colleague, the late Dr. F.H.S. Curd, was responsible for the brilliant series of researches culminating in the discovery of the antimalarial drug paludrine, His contributions throughout have been marked by skill in experimentation and by the originality of his concepts of the relation between chemical structure and pharmacological action, concepts which have paved the way for his numerous successes in the field of chemotherapy, e.g. synthesis of paludrine, and of the trypanocide antrycide. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: Alex R Todd; Robert Robinson; Ian Heilbron; R P Linstead; C R Harington; H H dale; G F Marrian; R D HAworth; E L Hirst; J W Cook; E C Dodds; F A Freeth; J L Stimson; M Stacey |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2027 | Rose; Francis Leslie (1909 - 1988) | 1909 - 1988 |