Person Weedon; Basil Charles Leicester (1923 - 2003) Weedon Basil Charles Leicester 1923 - 2003 Male Wimbledon, London 18/07/1923 19230718 Lincoln 10/10/2003 20031010

Organic chemistry Education: Wandsworth School; graduated from Imperial College of Science and Technology (1942); PhD in organic chemistry (1945) Career: Research chemist, Dyestuffs Division, ICI (1943-1947); Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Imperial College (1947-1955); Reader in Organic Chemistry, Imperial College (1955-1960); Professor in Organic Chemistry, Queen Mary College, London (1960-1976); Dean of the Faculty of Science, London University; Chair Food Additives and Contaminants Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture; member of the EEC Scientific Committee for Foods; Vice Chancellor Nottingham University (1976-1988); Honorary Professor, Nottingham University (1988-2003); awarded the Meldola Medal and the Tilden Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry; Chairman of the Council of the National Stone Centre (1988-1991); chairman of the East Midlands Regional Electricity Consumers Committee (1990-1994) Honours: CBE 1974 Married (1959) Barbara Dawe Fellow 18/03/1971 47 Obituaries: The Independent (27 October 2003) Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 425-436, plate, by Gerald Pattenden FRS 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 18 Jul 1923 - 10 Oct 2003 NA4057 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/197559035 ab5ca429-feee-4e2a-bdaa-107023572cb3