| Authorised form of name | Wright; Charles Romley Alder (1844 - 1894) |
| Surname | Wright |
| Forenames | Charles Romley Alder |
| Dates | 1844 - 1894 |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Southend, Essex, England (1844)
Death:
25 July 1894 |
| Activity | Research Field:
Chemistry
Education:
Owen's College, Manchester. DSc
Career:
Chemist, Runcorn Soap and Alkali Works, Weston; Assistant, Chemical Laboratory, St Thomas' Hospital, London; Lecturer in Chemistry, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington (1871-1894); Examiner in Chemistry, University of Durham; a disease of the hip joint caused him to be lame
First to synthesize heroin |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
2/06/1881 |
| Relationships | Son of Romley Wright, civil engineer |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1894-1895 vol 57 pp v-vii signed by T E T |
| Royal Society code | NA1457 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| AP/65/11 | On the Voltaic Circles producible by the Mutual Neutralisation of Acid and Alkaline Fluids | 1888 |
| NLB/4/118 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Charles Romley Alder Wright, Fellow of the Royal Society | 14 February 1890 |
| NLB/3/613 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Mr Collings | 23 July 1889 |
| NLB/10/291 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 November 1894 |
| NLB/11/117 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Thorpe, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 April 1895 |
| NLB/9/938 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 28 July 1894 |
| RR/11/272 | Referee's report by Charles Romley Alder Wright, on a paper 'On the metallurgy of lead' by J H Hannay | 5 June 1893 |
| RR/11/192 | Referee's report by Charles Romley Alder Wright, on a paper 'On the liquation of metals of the platinum group' by Edward Matthey | 18 April 1892 |
| RR/6/176 | Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on two papers 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.—Part III' and 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.- Part IV' by Augustus Matthiessen and Charles Romley Alder Wright | 21 April 1869 |
| EC/1881/22 | Wright, Charles Romley Alder: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/6/177 | Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on two papers 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.—Part III' and 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.- Part IV' by Augustus Matthiessen and Charles Romley Alder Wright | 8 July 1869 |