Person Jones; Humphrey Owen (1878 - 1912); chemist and mountaneer Jones Humphrey Owen chemist and mountaneer 1878 - 1912 British Male Goginan, Cardiganshire, Wales, United Kingdom 20 February 1878 18780220 Mont Blanc, Italy, Europe 15 August 1912 19120815 Burial: Courmayeur, Italy, Europe

chemist Stereochemistry Chemistry Education: Lewis School, Pengam; University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; DSc (Lond); MA; BSc (Wales) Career: Appointed demonstrator to Sir James Dewar (FRS 1877), Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy (1901); elected to a Fellowship at Clare College, Cambridge, subsequently becoming lecturer there (1902); published upwards of 60 papers (1900-1912); gained most of his research experience at Cambridge working with Dewar and Henry John Horstman Fenton (FRS 1899); carried out various experimental investigations on stereochemistry of nitrogen (1907-1909); appointed to the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines (1912); accidentally died whilst attempting to climb the Mont Rouge de Peuteret, a minor peak (2941 m.) on the south side of Mont Blanc. Spouse: Muriel Gwendolen Edwards, Fellow of the University of Wales, who had done research with him (1 August 1912). Tragically died only 6 months after becoming FRS. Fellow 02/05/1912 34 William Crookes; Thomas McKenny Hughes; Thomas Edward Thorpe; William Henry Perkin; Alexander Crum Brown James Dewar; George Downing Liveing; Harold Baily Dixon; Percy Faraday Frankland; Raphael Meldola; Henry Edward Armstrong; Charles Thomas Heycock; Joseph John Thomson Sources: Bulloch's Roll References: John Shorter, 'Humphrey Owen Jones, FRS (1878-1912), Chemist and Mountaineer' in NR 1978-9 vol 33 pp 261-277, plate 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/rsnr.1979.0014 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Jones%2C+Humphrey+Owen 20 Feb 1878 - 15 Aug 1912 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 03/04/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8244 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 0ee20824-cbac-483e-b96c-a5c46b2c23f1