| Authorised form of name | Everett; Douglas Hugh (1916 - 2002); chemist |
| Dates | 1916 - 2002 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Hampton, Middlesex, England |
| Date of birth | 26/12/1916 |
| Place of death | Bristol |
| Date of death | 24/06/2002 |
| Activity | Education:
Stanley Road Primary School, Hampton, Middlesex and Hampton School (1928); Reading University (1935-1938)
Career:
Research assistant at University College, Dundee; Balliol College Oxford as Ramsay Memorial Fellow, awarded DPhil in 1942; during WW2 recruited to the Special Operations Executive, senior scientific officer at "The Frythe", Hertfordshire, commissioned major (1944); ICI Fellow, Oxford University (1945-1947); Fellow, Lecturer and Tutor, Exeter College (1947-1948); Professor of Chemistry, Dundee University College, St Andrews University (1948-1954); Leverhulme Professor of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Bristol University (1954-1982)(Emeritus); Dean of the Faculty of Science, Bristol University (1966-1968); Pro-Vice Chancellor, Bristol University (1973-1976); President of the Faraday Division of the Chemical Society (1976-1978); President of the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (1988-1990); President of the chemical section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1979-1980); Vice-President and General Secretary of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1983-1988)
Honours:
MBE 1946 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1980 |
| Age at election | 63 |
| Relationships | Married (1942) Frances Jessop (died 1999) |
| Sources | Sources:
Obituary in The Independent (01/08/2002)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 93-107 , plate, by Ronald Ottewill
References:
J S Rowlinson, 'The war time work of Hinshelwood and his colleagues' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 161-175 |
| Royal Society code | NA4396 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RR/67/148 | Referee's report by Arthur John Allmand, on a paper 'The dissociation constants of the methylammonium ions and the basic strengths of the methylamines in water' by Douglas Hugh Everett and W F K Wynne-Jones | November 1940 |
| RR/69/22 | Referee's report by Arthur John Allmand, on a paper 'Kinetics of the base-catalysed bromination of diethyl malonate' by Ronald Percy Bell, Douglas Hugh Everett and Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins | 1945 |
| IM/GA/JGRS/8232 | Everett, Douglas Hugh | nd |
| IM/004957 | Baker, Wilson | 21 March 1996 |
| IM/000206 | Baker, Wilson | 21 March 1996 |
| IM/004955 | Baker, Wilson | 21 March 1996 |
| IM/004956 | Baker, Wilson | 21 March 1996 |
| EC/1980/09 | Everett, Douglas Hugh: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1978 |
| RR/65/80 | Referee's report by Arthur John Allmand, on a paper 'The dissociation of the ammonium ion and the basic strength of ammonia in water' by Douglas Hugh Everett and W F K Wynne-Jones | 2 September 1938 |
| RR/77/150 | Referee's report by George Macdonald Bennett, on a paper 'Thermodynamics of ionization of some fatty acids' by Douglas Hugh Everett, D A Landsman and B R W Pinsent | 13 August 1952 |
| RR/77/151 | Referee's report by George Macdonald Bennett, on a paper 'The dissociation constants of ethylene diammonium and hexamethylene diammonium ions from 0° to 60° C' by Douglas Hugh Everett and B W R Pinsent | 13 August 1952 |
| RR/77/172 | Referee's report by Douglas Hugh Everett, on a paper 'The irreversible transformation in glasses' by R O Davies and G O Jones | 22 September 1952 |