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Authorised form of nameSchunck; Henry Edward (1820 - 1903)
Dates1820 - 1903
NationalityBritish
Place of birthManchester, Lancashire, England
Date of birth16 August 1820
Place of deathHis home, Oaklands, Kersal, near Manchester, Lancashire
Date of death13/01/1903
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
St Paul's churchyard, Kersal, near Manchester, Lancashire
Research fieldOrganic chemistry
ActivityEducation:
PhD
Memberships:
FCS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/06/1850
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1899
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 261-265 signed by H B D
References:
W V Farrar, 'Edward Schunck, FRS. A Pioneer of Natural Product Chemistry' in NR 1976-7 vol 31 pp 273-296, plate
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/10619779
CodeNA3432
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1850/18Schunck, Henry Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/373/1/109Testimonial by [Henry] Edward Schunck, Kersal near Manchester, supporting Thomas Edward Thorpe8 April 1874
MM/22/37Letter from [Henry] Edward Schunk, Kersal, Manchester, to Herbert Rix13 February 1894
NLB/19/749Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to F C Butterfield, Kersal, Manchester11 December 1899
NLB/5/716Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Edward Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society23 September 1891
NLB/10/502Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Clay & Sons, Ave Maraia Lane, E.C.7 December 1894
NLB/10/503Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Henry Edward Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society7 December 1894
NLB/9/83Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to F C Butterfield, Oaklands, Kersal, Manchester22 March 1894
NLB/8/741Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Henry Edward Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society15 December 1893
NLB/8/772Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Henry Edward Schunck, Kensal, Manchester20 December 1893
NLB/12/440Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Henry Edward Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society, Kersal, Manchester19 February 1896
NLB/12/481Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Secretary, Royal Society25 February 1896
NLB/16/417Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr E Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society1 April 1898
NLB/16/600Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society6 May 1898
NLB/16/338Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Dr E Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society18 March 1898
NLB/17/191Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Dr Henry Edward Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society, Kersal, Manchester[16 August 1898]
NLB/19/768Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to J C Butterfield, Kersal, Manchester14 December 1899
NLB/20/199Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Henry Edward Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society, Kersal, Manchester22 February 1900
RR/6/131Referee's report by Henry Edward Schunck, on a paper 'Researches on the blood.—On the action of nitrites on blood' by Arthur Gamgee25 May 1868
RR/6/266Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on two papers 'On the colouring and extractive matters of urine.-Part I' and 'On the colouring and extractive matters of urine. -Part II' by Edward Schunck25 August 1866
RR/10/216Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. No. III' by Henry Edward Schunck3 July 1888
RR/9/308Referee's report by William James Russell, on a paper 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. Part I' by Henry Edward Schunck24 July 1885
RR/11/89Referee's report by William James Russell, on a paper 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. No. IV' by Henry Edward Schunck24 July 1891
RR/2/222Referee's report by Edward Solly, on a paper 'On rubian and its products of decomposition [Part II]' by Henry Edward Schunck25 October 1852
RR/12/389Referee's report by Thomas Edward Thorpe, on a paper 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. No. VI' by Henry Edward Schunck and Leon Marchlewski11 February 1895
RR/6/267Referee's report by Lionel Smith Beale, on a paper 'On a crystalline fatty acid from human urine' by Edward Schunck14 January 1867
RR/9/307Referee's report by Henry Clifton Sorby, on a paper 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. Part I' by Henry Edward Schunck16 July 1885
PT/42/5Paper, 'On rubian and its products of decomposition' by [Henry] Edward Schunck[1851]
RR/6/268Referee's report by Lionel Smith Beale, on a paper 'On oxalurate of ammonia as a constituent of human urine' by Edward Schunck14 January 1867
RR/5/255Referee's report by Henry Edward Schunck, on a paper 'Examination of Rubia munjista, the East-Indian madder, or munjeet of commerce' by John Stenhouse20 January 1864
RR/6/269Referee's report by Lionel Smith Beale, on two papers 'On the colouring and extractive matters of urine.-Part I' and 'On the colouring and extractive matters of urine. -Part II' by Edward Schuncknd [1867]
RR/10/217Referee's report by Thomas Edward Thorpe, on a paper 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. No. III' by Henry Edward Schunck10 July 1888
PT/46/2Paper, 'On rubian and its products of decomposition, part II' by [Henry] Edward Shunck[1852]
RR/3/247Referee's report by Robert John Kane, on a paper 'On rubian and its products of decomposition. Part III' by Edward Schunck13 August 1855
PT/51/9Paper, 'On rubian and its products of decomposition. Part III' by [Henry] Edward Schunck[1855]
RR/2/221Referee's report by William Allen Miller, on a paper 'On rubian and its products of decomposition' by Henry Edward Schunck20 March 1851
RR/2/223Referee's report by John Stenhouse, on a paper 'On rubian and its products of decomposition [Part II]' by Henry Edward Schunck1 November 1852
RR/3/259Referee's report by Henry Edward Schunck on a paper 'Examination of select vegetable products from India' by John Stenhouse5 January 1856
RR/3/248Referee's report by John Stenhouse, on a paper 'On rubian and its products of decomposition. Part III' by Edward Schunck26 September 1855
MC/7/381Letter from E [Edward] Schunck, Kersall, Manchester, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]4 December 1866
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
RR/2/220Referee's report by Edward Solly, on a paper 'On rubian and its products of decomposition' by Henry Edward Schunck21 February 1851
PP/4/16Paper, 'Note on the constitution of chlorophyll' by [Henry] Edward Schunck1883
PP/4/25Paper, 'Supplementary note on the constitution of chlorophyll' by [Henry] Edward Schunck1884
PP/10/23/1Manuscript, 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. No. II' by [Henry] Edward Schunck1886
PP/10/23/2Diagram, 'Absorption spectra of phyllocyanin and its principle compounds and derivatives' by [Henry] Edward Schunck1886
PP/7/13Paper, 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll' by Schunck1885
PP/18/17/1Paper, 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll, No IV' by [Henry] Edward Schunck1891
PP/18/17/2Diagram, absorption spectra by [Henry] Edward Schunck1891
PP/18/17Paper, 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll, No IV' by [Henry] Edward Schunck1891
PP/12/31Paper, 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. No III' by [Henry] Edward Schunck1888
RR/6/270Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on a paper 'On a crystalline fatty acid from human urine' and 'On oxalurate of ammonia as a constituent of human urine' by Edward Schunck21 January 1867
PP/10/23Paper, 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. No. II' by [Henry] Edward Schunck1886
RR/6/132Second referee's report by Henry Edward Schunck, on a paper 'Researches on the blood.—On the action of nitrites on blood' by Arthur Gamgee29 May 1868
PP/23/23Paper, 'Contributions to the chemistry of chlorophyll. No. V' by Henry Edward Schunck1894
NLB/19/565Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Horace A D Seymour, Royal Mint2 November 1899
NLB/19/567Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Henry Edward Schunck, Fellow of the Royal Society2 November 1899
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
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