Person Weldon; Walter (1832 - 1885) Weldon Walter 1832 - 1885 British Male Loughborough, Leicestershire, England 31 October 1832 At his residence, Rede hall, Burstow, Surrey 20 September 1885

Rede Hall, Burstow, Surrey (1882)

Chemistry Career: Worked in his father's business; moved to London and took up journalism (aged 22); instituted 'Weldon's Register of facts and occurrences in literature, science and art' (1860-1863); discovered a process for the perpetual regeneration of manganese for use in the production of chlorine; a founder of the Society of Chemical Industry Memberships: FCS; FRSE Son of a manufacturer; married Ann Cotton; father of Walter Frank Raphael Weldon (FRS 1890) Fellow 08/06/1882 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1889 vol 46 pp xix-xxiv signed by F W R 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 31 Oct 1832 - 20 Sep 1885 NA2856 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 98e71394-773b-4eb2-ba89-d4158e7bf94b