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Authorised form of nameDittmar; William (1833 - 1892)
Dates1833 - 1892
Place of birthUmstadt, near Darmstadt, Germany
Date of birth14 or 15 April 1833
Place of deathGlasgow
Date of death09 or 10 March 1892
Research fieldChemistry
ActivityCareer:
Assistant to Bunsen; went to England with Sir Henry Roscoe (FRS 1863); Assistant to Lyon Playfair (FRS 1848), Edinburgh; Assistant to Alexander Crum Brown (FRS 1879), Edinburgh; Professor of Chemistry,
Anderson's College, Glasgow.
Memberships:
FCS; FRSE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/06/1882
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
DSB gives birth date of 15 April 1833. Index to BR gives 10 Mar, probable source being Pogg.
CodeNA6647
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1882/10Dittmar, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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