Person Tilden; Sir; William Augustus (1842 - 1926) Tilden William Augustus Sir 1842 - 1926 British Male Regent's Park, London, England 15 August 1842 Ruislip, London 11/12/1926 19261211

Clifton, Bristol (1879)

Chemistry Education: Schools at Kidderminster and at East Dereham, Norfolk; Bedford Modern School (ca 1856-1859); apprentice to Alfred Allchin, pharmacist (for 5 years from the age of 15); BSc (1868, London University), DSc (1871, London) Career: Demonstrator in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Society (1863-1872) and at the Royal College of Chemistry, London; Lecturer in Chemistry, Clifton College, Bristol (1872-1880); Professor of Chemistry and Metallurgy, Mason College (afterwards University of) Birmingham (1880); Royal College of Science (later Imperial College, London) (1894); Emeritus Professor, Imperial College, London (retired 1909); investigated the artifical production of indiarubber; 'house' at Bedford Modern School named after him (since 1998) Honours: Kt 1909 Memberships: FIC (President 1891-1894); Chemical Society (President 1893-1895) Elder son of Augustus Tilden, clerk at the Bank of England, and his wife Anne, daughter of Henry Balles of Cambridge. Married: 1) (1869) Charlotte Pither, daughter of Robert Bush of St Helier, Jersey (died 1905); one son; 2) (1907) Julia Mary, daughter of C W Ramie of St Helier Royal Society roles: VP 1904-1906 Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1908 Lectures: Bakerian 1900 Fellow 03/06/1880 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP); DSB; Bedfordshire Times (obituary) Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1928 vol 117 pp i-v, plate, signed by J C P References: Sir Brian Pippard, FRS, 'Schoolmaster-Fellows and the campaign for science education' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 63-81, plate N R Ingram, 'All that you can't leave behind' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 177-184 ©The Royal Society 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://pictures.royalsociety.org 15 Aug 1842 - 11 Dec 1926 NA6503 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/33509917 a47d3a27-1832-4326-a6b6-0e5cfc44d716