Person Crossley; Arthur William (1869 - 1927); chemist Crossley Arthur William chemist 1869 - 1927 British Male Bentcliffe, Accrington, Lancashire, England 25 February 1869 18690225 Thorngrove, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England 5 March 1927 19270305

chemist Organic chemistry Chemistry Education: Mill Hill School; Owens College, Manchester; DSc (Vict Univ); PhD (Wurzburg) Career: Appointed lecturer in chemistry at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London (1904); director of the Research Laboratory of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and Daniell Professor of Chemistry at King’s College; secretary of the Chemical Warfare Committee of the Ministry of Munitions (1914-1918); commandant of the experimental station of the Royal Engineers at Porton, Salisbury (from 1916); director of the newly founded Cotton Research Association (1916); director of the Cotton Research Association (1919). Memberships: Chemical Society Honours: CMG 1917; CBE 1919 Awards/Medals: Longstaff Medal 1918 Parents: Richard Crossley Fellow 02/05/1907 38 William Augustus Tilden; James Johnston Dobbie; Alexander Scott; William James Russell; James Emerson Reynolds; William Ramsay; John Norman Collie Henry Edward Armstrong; Henry Enfield Roscoe; Harold Baily Dixon; William Henry Perkin, junr; Arthur Schuster; Raphael Meldola; William Palmer Wynne Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Dr. A. W. Crossley, C.M.G., C.B.E., F.R.S Obituary, Nature 119, 498–500 (1927) [URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/119498a0; last accessed: 28/03/2024] Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1928 vol 117 pp vi-x, plate, signed by W P W International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Crossley%2C+Arthur+William 25 Feb 1869 - 5 Mar 1927 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 28/03/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1209 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes d84418b8-fbae-4e05-a977-c706d02878ab