Person Hinshelwood; Sir; Cyril Norman (1897 - 1967); chemist Hinshelwood Cyril Norman Sir chemist 1897 - 1967 British Male London, England 19 June 1897 London, England 09/10/1967 19671009

Chemistry Education: Early education in Toronto (-c.1904); Westminster City School; Brackenbury Scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford but did not take it up due to commencement of WW1; Balliol College, Oxford (1919 - 1920); awarded Goldsmiths Exhibition, Balliol (1919); MA (Oxon) Career: Department of Explosives, Queensferry, Royal Ordnance Factory (1916-1918) left as Deputy Chief Chemist; Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford (1920-1921); Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford (1921-1964); links with research groups at ICI, Alkali Division, Northwich and Dyestuffs Division, Blackley (1933 - 1965); Delegate of Oxford University Press (1934 -1967); Dr Lee's Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, University of Oxford (1937-1964), professorship linked to Exeter College; Chemical Defence Board of the Ministry of Supply (1940-1945) - Respirator Sub Committee; Chemical Advisory Board (1946-1948, 1949-1952) - Chairman of Defence Equipment Committee (1948-1951), Chairman of Committee on Pyrotechnics, Initiators, Fuses and Incendiaries, Committee of Propellants and Internal Ballistics; Liquid Fuels Committee of the Munitions Chemistry Advisory Board; Fuel Research Council of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; Coal Research Board; Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Committee of Ministry of Supply; awarded US Medal for Freedom (1947) for his war work; Boyle Lecture (1949); member of Gas Council research committee (1950); admitted to freedom and livery of Goldsmiths Company without fine or fees (30 April 1952); gave Fourth Coal Science Lecture on 'The Carbon of Coal' (1955); served on Courtauld Foundation grants committee and Leverhulme Trusts grants committee; Italian Order of Merit (1956); President of Classical Association (1959); on Council of Assistants of Goldsmiths Company (1960); 15th Eddington Memorial Lecturer (1961); Society of Chemical Industry Medal (1961); Trustee of the British Museum (1963); Chairman of the Council of Queen Elizabeth College, London (1964-1967); President of British Association for the Advancement of Science (1964-1965); retired from Oxford (1964); chairman of education committee of Goldsmiths Company (1964); President of Oxford Branch of Modern Languages Association; President of Science Masters Association; awarded Faraday Medal and Longstaff Medal by Chemical Society; awarded Medal of Society of Chemical Industry; Honorary Foreign Member of Accademia del Lincei, Accademia dei XL, Pontifical Academy in Rome, Academy of Science, USA, Spanish Academy of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, New York Academy, Bologna Academy, Ligurian Academy; held exhibition of his oil paintings at Goldsmiths Hall (20 March 1968); Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College; served on Standing Committee for Museums and Galleries; served on Advisory Committee of the National Gallery Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1956 jointly Honours: Kt 1948; OM 1960 Memberships: FCS - President 1946-1947; Faraday Society - President 1961-1963 Son of Norman Macmillan Hinshelwood, chartered accountant, and Ethel Smith Royal Society roles: Council 1933-1934, 1949-1950; For Sec 1950-1955; PRS 1955-1960 Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1942; Royal Medal 1947; Leverhulme Medal 1960; Copley Medal 1962 Lectures: Bakerian 1946; Faraday 1952 Fellow 02/05/1929 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB AssocMaterial: CSAC 17/11/74. Papers deposited in the Royal Society Library Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1973 vol 19 pp 375-431, plate, by Sir Harold Thompson References: Brebis Bleaney, 'The Physical Sciences in Oxford, 1918-1939 and Earlier' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 247-261 Edmund J Bowen, 'The Balliol-Trinity Laboratories, Oxford 1853-1940' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 227-236 Sir Harold Hartley, 'The Exhibition of Sir Cyril Hinshelwood's Paintings at Goldsmiths' Hall on 20 March 1968' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 23-28 Sir Harold Hartley, 'Address at the Memorial Service for Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, OM, FRS at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton Road, London on 20 November 1967' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 21-22 Anon, 'Visit of His Excellency the Soviet Ambassador, 19 November 1959' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 160-162 Anon, 'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, FRS' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 p 149, plate N N Greenwood and J A Spink, 'An antipodean laboratory of remarkable distinction' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 85-105 J S Rowlinson, 'The war time work of Hinshelwood and his colleagues' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 161-175 P Harper, 'Preserving scientific archives: the work of NCUACS' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 227-232 ©Godfrey Argent Studio 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/image-rs-20060 19 Jun 1897 - 9 Oct 1967 NA7750 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/27154565 a33b93fe-5e64-4302-a2eb-ca4871abc22f