| Authorised form of name | Perkin; William Henry (1860 - 1929) |
| Dates | 1860 - 1929 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Sudbury, Middlesex, England |
| Date of birth | 17 June 1860 |
| Place of death | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Date of death | 17/09/1929 |
| Research field | Organic chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
City of London School (1870-1877). PhD, LLD, DSc
Career:
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; Waynflete Professor of Chemistry, Oxford University; studied strychnine and brucine
Memberships:
FIC; FCS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1890 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1893-1894
Medals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1904; Royal Medal 1925 |
| Relationships | Son of Sir William Henry Perkin (FRS 1866); brother of Arthur George Perkin (FRS 1903); brother-in-law of Frederic Stanley Kipping (FRS 1897) and of Arthur Lapworth (FRS 1910); they married three sisters |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1931 vol 130 pp i-xii, plate, signed by J F T
References:
Brebis Bleaney, 'The Physical Sciences in Oxford, 1918-1939 and Earlier' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 247-261 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/5047234 |
| Code | NA8087 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1890/10 | Perkin, William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/373/1/94 | Testimonial by William Henry Perkin, Sudbury, Harrow, supporting Thomas Edward Thorpe | 23 July 1870 |
| MS/743/1/109 | Letter from William Henry Perkin, The Chestnuts, Sudbury, Harrow | 1 March 1886 |
| IM/Maull/003517 | Perkin, William Henry | nd |
| NLB/7/402 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 7 February 1893 |
| NLB/10/840 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor William Boyd Dawkins, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 February 1895 |
| NLB/23/2/549 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor William Henry Perkin, Jnr, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 November 1904 |
| NLB/30/223 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Henry Perkin, Fellow of the Royal Society | 15 February 1905 |
| MS/3/7 | 'General Organic Chemistry. Prof[essor] Perkin. 1923-24' notebook of Arthur Mourant | 1923-1924 |
| NLB/32/80 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Henry Perkin, Fellow of the Royal Society | 21 December 1905 |
| NLB/37/729 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] H [Henry] Perkin, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 May 1908 |
| NLB/38/695 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor and Archibald Geikie, to Professor William Henry Perkin, Fellow of the Royal Society | 22 October 1908 |
| NLB/39/691 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] H [Henry] Perkin, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 February 1909 |
| NLB/45/539 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] H [Henry] Perkin FRS | 23 March 1912 |
| NLB/51/600 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor William Henry Perkin FRS | 4 May 1915 |
| NLB/56/150 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Perkin, FRS | 3 December 1918 |
| NLB/54/851 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Perkin, FRS | 19 October 1917 |
| NLB/58/672 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Perkin, FRS | 3 June 1920 |
| NLB/58/670 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Perkin, FRS | 3 June 1920 |
| RR/18/16 | Referee's report by William Henry Perkin, on a paper 'The relative atomic weights of nitrogen and sulphur' by F P Burt and F L Usher | 8 June 1910 |
| NLB/55/655 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Martin Onslow] Forster, FRS | 11 July 1918 |
| NLB/63/654 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Perkin, FRS | 24 November 1922 |
| NLB/68/529 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Jocelyn Field] Thorpe, FRS; Dundarrach, Lossiemouth, Morayshire | 28 July 1925 |
| NLB/68/840 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Henry] Perkin, FRS | 10 November 1925 |
| NLB/72/667 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Jocelyn Field] Thorpe, FRS | 21 February 1930 |
| NLB/72/676 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Jocelyn Field] Thorpe, CBE, FRS | 25 February 1930 |
| NLB/68/812 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint | 5 November 1925 |
| NLB/38/688 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor and Archibald Geikie, to Sir Arthur William Rucker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 22 October 1908 |