Person Donnan; Frederick George (1870 - 1956); physical chemist Donnan Frederick George physical chemist 1870 - 1956 British Male Colombo, Sri Lanka, Asia 06 September 1870 18700906 Hospital at Canterbury, Kent, England 16 December 1956 19561216

1) Woburn Square, London, England 2) Hartlip, near Sittingbourne, Kent, England

physical chemist Organic chemistry Chemistry Physical chemistry Education: Belfast Royal Academy (1880–89); Queen's College, Belfast; Royal University of Ireland BA; MA; University of Leipzig PhD Career: Accident led to blindness in his left eye (1879); research student at University College London and then staff (1901); lecturer on organic chemistry at the Royal College of Science, Dublin (1901); chair in physical chemistry at the University of Liverpool (1906); returned to University College London as Head of Department (928-1937). Memberships: Chemical Society (President 1937–9) Faraday Society (founding member and President 1924-26) British Association of Chemists (President 1940-41) FRSE Honours: CBE 1920 Awards/Medals: Longstaff medal 1924 Parents: William Donnan, a merchant of Belfast, and Jane Rose Turnley Liggate. Remembered for his work on membrane equilibria; Donnan potential; and the Gibbs-Donnan effect. Medals and prizes: Davy Medal 1928 Fellow 04/05/1911 41 Martin Onslow Forster; Edward Divers; Augustus George Vernon Harcourt; William Augustus Tilden; Charles Scott Sherrington; Edward Charles Cyril Baly William Ramsay; Frederick Thomas Trouton; Thomas Purdie; James Walker; John Brown; Sydney Young; Silvanus Phillips Thompson; James Emerson Reynolds; John Millar Thomson Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1957 vol 3 pp 23-39, plate, by F A Freeth References: Sir Harold Hartley and D C Martin, 'The Royal Society Club Dinner on 14 November 1968 in Celebration of the 90th Birthday of Sir Harold Hartley, FRS' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 146-155 R Singh and F Riess, 'The nobel laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman FRS and his contacts with the British Scientific community in a social and political context' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 47-64 Notes: Date of birth incorrectly given as 5 September 1870 in BM vol 3, and also in DSB. 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.1957.0003 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Donnan%2C+Frederick+George RCN R60884 RCN 34404 RCN 33773 RCN R81862 RCN R81652 RCN 33773 RCN 12283 RCN R81708 RCN 21728 5 or 6 Sep 1870 - 16 Dec 1956 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 29/05/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8206 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/41991332 c2996d6c-c825-4d65-baa0-864074f07f01