Authorised form of name | Collie; John Norman (1859 - 1942); organic chemist and mountaineer |
Dates | 1859 - 1942 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Ferns Cottage, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England |
Date of birth | 10 September 1859 |
Place of death | Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Date of death | 01/11/1942 |
Dates and places | Burial: Churchyard at Struan, on the shore of Loch Harport, Scotland. |
Occupation | organic chemist |
Research field | Organic chemistry |
Chemistry |
Activity | Education: Charterhouse (1873–5); Clifton College (1875–7); University College, Bristol (1877–9); Queen's College, Belfast (1879–83): Würzburg University PhD Career: Assistant to Edmund Albert Letts at Queen’s College (1880-1883); worked with Johannes Wislicenus at Würzburg University (1883); science lecturer at the Ladies' College, Cheltenham (1885–7); assistant to William Ramsay at University College, London (1887–96); professor of chemistry at the College of the Pharmaceutical Society, London (1896–1902); professor of organic chemistry in the University of London at University College (1902–28); became an honorary fellow at retirement and continued to work at the College (1928-1933). Memberships: FRSE Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Alpine Club (President 1920–22)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 04/06/1896 |
Age at election | 37 |
Proposer | Harold Baily Dixon |
Hermann Joseph Muller |
Francis Robert Japp |
Alexander Crum Brown |
Raphael Meldola |
Wyndham Rowland Dunstan |
William Henry Perkin |
Henry Edward Armstrong |
Relationships | Parents: John Collie, businessman, and Selina Mary (d. 1883), daughter of Henry Winkworth, silk merchant, and sister of Catherine Winkworth and Susanna Winkworth. |
General context | Studied phosphonium; phosphine derivatives; allied ammonium compounds; and properties of dehydroacetic acid. Collaborated with William Ramsay in work on argon and helium, constructing the first neon lamp. Acquired a reputation as a climber and explorer of mountains. |
Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 329-356, plate, by E C C Baly |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/35213299 |
Royal Society code | NA1392 |
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1896/03 | Collie, John Norman: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/41/469 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Norman Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 21 December 1909 |
NLB/1/40 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Norman Collie | 30 December 1885 |
NLB/5/895 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to John Norman Collie, University College, Gower Street | 11 November 1891 |
NLB/18/337 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Ramsay, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 February 1899 |
NLB/34/87 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [John Norman] Collie, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 26 November 1906 |
NLB/38/276 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Norman Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 July 1908 |
NLB/32/733 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor John Norman Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 May 1906 |
NLB/34/602 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor [John Norman] Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 February 1907 |
NLB/36/475 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Norman Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 1 November 1907 |
NLB/38/199 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Norman John Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 25 June 1908 |
NLB/39/774 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Normam Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 March 1909 |
NLB/40/186 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor J [John] Norman Collie FRS | 27 April 1909 |
NLB/50/414 | Copy letter from Arthur Schuster, to Professor [John Norman] Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 July 1914 |
NLB/53/526 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Norman Collie, FRS | 24 October 1916 |
RR/11/35 | Letter from John Norman Collie, on his paper 'Constitution of the terpenes camphors and camphor acid' to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 10 November 1891 |
RR/11/33 | Referee's report by Henry Edward Armstrong, on a paper 'Constitution of the terpenes camphors and camphor acid' by John Norman Collie | 4 July 1891 |
NLB/58/539 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 19 May 1920 |
NLB/58/477 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Norman] Collie, FRS | 11 May 1920 |
NLB/59/764 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Norman] Collie, FRS | 9 November 1920 |
NLB/61/421 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Norman] Collie, FRS | 5 July 1921 |
NLB/62/147 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John] Norman Collie, FRS | 9 December 1921 |
RR/11/37 | Referee's report by William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'Constitution of the terpenes camphors and camphor acid' by John Norman Collie | 19 November 1891 |
NLB/65/617 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Norman] Collie, FRS | 29 November 1923 |
NLB/36/365 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor John Norman Collie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 18 October 1907 |
RR/11/34 | Referee's report by William Henry Perkin, on a paper 'Constitution of the terpenes camphors and camphor acid' by John Norman Collie | 24 July 1891 |
RR/11/38 | Second letter from John Norman Collie, on his paper 'Constitution of the terpenes camphors and camphor acid' to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 15 December 1891 |
AP/67/10 | Unpublished paper, 'On the constitution of the terpenes, camphors and camphor acids' by J [John] Norman Collie | 1891 |
AP/77/6 | Unpublished paper, 'Contributions to our knowledge of the poison plants of Western Australia. Part I - Cygnine [Gastrolobium]' by E A Mann and W H Ince | 1905 |
RR/11/36 | Letter from William Augustus Tilden, on a paper 'Constitution of the terpenes camphors and camphor acid' by John Norman Collie to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, Secretary of the Royal Society | 19 November 1891 |
RR/17/210 | Referee's report by John Norman Collie, and accompanying letter, on a paper 'The decomposition of ozone by heat' by Edgar Philip Perman and Richard Henry Greaves | 17 January 1908 |
RR/21/53 | Referee's report by Herbert Brereton Baker, on a paper 'The production of neon and helium by the electrical discharge' by John Norman Collie, Hubert Sutton Patterson and Irvine Masson | [August 1914] |
AP/78/2 | Unpublished paper, 'Contributions to our knowledge of the poison plants of Western Australia. Part II - Oxylobium parviflorum-Lobine [shaggy-pea]' by E A Mann and W H Ince | 1906 |
MC/21 | Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1906 |
MC/21/117 | Letter from [John] Norman Collie, 16 Campden Groves, Kensington, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison | 7 May 1906 |