Person Hartley; Sir; Walter Noel (1847 - 1913); chemist Hartley Walter Noel Sir chemist 1847 - 1913 British Male Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 03 February 1847 18470203 Invercauld Arms Hotel, Braemar, Scotland 11/09/1913 19130911 Burial: Churchyard, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Stephens Green, Dublin; 36 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin

chemist Chemistry Spectroscopy Education: Home schooled due to poor health; Edinburgh University (1863); University of Marburg (1864) Career: Worked in Kolbe's laboratory at the University of Marburg (1864); scientific assistant to Drs Angus Smith and Thudicum, Manchester (1865); chemistry lecturer at King's College, London (1871-1879); Professor of Chemistry, Royal College of Science of Ireland, Dublin (1879-1911), dean of faculty (1902-1911); published his researches in spectroscopy; retired early due to ill health (1911); died of heart failure. Honours: Kt 1911 Memberships: FRSE Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland (VP) Fellow of King's College, London Medals/Awards: D.Sc. Dublin University (Honrary) Gold medal at the St Louis Exposition (1904) Longstaff Medal (1906) Parents: Thomas Hartley, portrait painter, who exhibited (1820–60) at the Royal Academy in London, and Caroline Hartley (née Lockwood). Spouse: Mary, daughter of Michael Laffan of Blackrock, county Dublin (04 July 1882) Children: Walter John Hartley, died in the First World War at Gallipoli. Pioneer of spectroscopy. Discovered the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by ozone. First to establish a relationship between the wavelengths of spectral lines of the elements and their positions in the periodic table. Fellow 12/06/1884 37 Joseph Henry Gilbert; John Hall Gladstone; Frederick Guthrie; Hugo Muller; William Henry Perkin; William John Russell; Willaim Grylls Adams; Arthur Gamgee; John Tyndall Augustus Vernon Harcourt; Edmund James Mills; Maxwell Simpson; Edward Frankland; Frederick Augustus Abel; Warren De la Rue; Lionel Smith Beale; William Odling; George Bowdler Buckton; James Dewar Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Dictionary of Irish Biography [URL:https://www.dib.ie/biography/hartley-sir-walter-noel-a3836; last accessed: 21/02/2024] Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1914 vol 90 pp vi-xiii signed by J Y B 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=Hartley%2C+Walter+Noel RCN 43205 3 Feb 1847 - 11 Sep 1913 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 21/02/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6669 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 21/02/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/62328190 48c384aa-e5ca-4c17-ad90-fa35d9c278c0