Person Price; Thomas Slater (1875 - 1949); chemist Price Thomas Slater chemist 1875 - 1949 British Male Wednesbury, South Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom 24 August 1875 18750824 Nursing home near Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 29 October 1949 19491029

Chemist Chemistry Physical chemistry Education: Wesleyan school of which his father was Headmaster; King Edward's School, Birmingham (1887); Mason College; DSc (Lond, Birm); PhD (Leip) Career: Commenced research work at Mason College, after which he worked in Leipzig, Germany; worked in the laboratory of Svante Arrhenius, Stockholm, Sweden (1898); returned to Mason College (1898) upo completion of his Stockholm research; senior lecturer in chemistry, Birmingham University; head of the chemistry department at the Birmingham Central Technical College (1903); embarked on secret war work at the Royal Naval Experimental Station, Stratford, with the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1916); Director Photographic Research Association (1920); chair of chemistry of Heriot-Watt College (1931-1940). Honours: OBE Memberships: RSE The Chemical Society The Royal Institute of Chemistry The Royal Photographic Society Parents: Mary Anne Slater and Thomas Price, headmaster of a Wesleyan elementary school. Spouse: Florence Beardmore. Children: Leslie; Florence Mary; and Eileen. Distinguished physical chemist, who investigated optical activity; chemical dynamics, especially of catalysis, electrochemical preparation of disulphides and diselenides; rapid electro-analysis of brass. Disproved Werner's Six-membered Ring Theory of Metal-ammonia Complexes by Introduction of Sulphonyldiacetic Residue into Complex. Fellow 15/05/1924 49 William Robert Bousfield Frederick Soddy James Walker Harold Baily Dixon Thomas Edward Thorpe Thomas Martin Lowry Arthur Smithells John Theodore Hewitt Jocelyn Field Thorpe Frederic Stanley Kipping William Henry Perkin Alexander Scott William Augustus Tilden Arthur William Crossley Percy Faraday Frankland Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1950-1951 vol 7 pp 469-474, plate, by James Kendall © National Portrait Gallery, London 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/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1951.0013 RCN 8965 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 24 Aug 1875 - 29 Oct 1949 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 11/06/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA728 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes daa9592c-cd1b-4a08-87c3-10f515c636da