Person Roscoe; Sir; Henry Enfield (1833 - 1915); chemist and university administrator Roscoe Henry Enfield Sir chemist and university administrator 1833 - 1915 British Male 10 Powis Place, off Great Ormond Street, London, England 07 January 1833 18330107 Woodcote Lodge, his summer home at West Horsley, Leatherhead, Surrey, England. 18/12/1915 19151218 Burial: Brookwood cemetery, beside his wife.

chemist and university administrator Inorganic chemistry Chemistry Education: University College, London. BA (1852). Heidelberg (pupil of Bunsen) PhD Career: Assistant to Alexander William Williamson (FRS 1855) at University College, London; returned to England (1857); Assistant to Edward Frankland (FRS 1853) at Owen's College, Manchester; Professor of Chemistry, Owens College (1857-1885); MP for South Manchester (1885); Chairman, Lister Institute; Privy Councillor (1909); died of heart failure (1915). Honours: Kt 1884 Awards/Medals: Dalton Medal 1900 Elliott Cresson Medal 1912 Memberships: British Association for the Advancement of Science (President of the chemical section 1870 and 1884) Chemical Society (President 1881) Society of Chemical Industry (founndinng member and first President 1881) Parents: Henry Roscoe, Barrister and biographer, and Maria, daughter of Thomas Fletcher, Liverpool merchant. Paternal grandfather: William Roscoe (1753–1831), historian and patron of the arts. Spouse: (1863) Lucy, daughter of Edmund Potter (FRS 1856) (she died 1910). Children: Two daughters and one son. Assited in the creation of Oxo (brand of food products) in its earlier liqid form. Remembered for hs work on vanadium and his photochemical studies. Royal Society roles: VP 1881-1882, 1888-1890; Council 1863 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1873 Lectures: Bakerian 1865 and 1868 Fellow 04/06/1863 30 Balfour Stewart Edmund Alexander Parkes Francis Galton John Tyndall William Bowman William Bowman James Glaisher Charles Wheatstone James Yates John Barlow James Heywood Robert Angus Smith Henry Edward Schunck James Prescott Joule Alfred Swaine Taylor Edward William Binney John Hall Gladstone Henry Bence Jones Alfred Smee Warren De la Rue William Odling John Simon Benjamin Collins Brodie William Robert Grove Edward Frankland William Allen Miller Augustus Wilhelm von Hoffman Michael Farday Thomas Graham Charles Babbage Joseph Henry Gilbert Edward Smith Thomas Sopwith Andrew Crombie Ramsay Charles Brooke Edward William Brayley Robert Hunt John Peter Gassiot Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1916-1917 vol 93 pp i-xxi, plate, signed by T E T References: Donald Cardwell and Joan Mottram, 'Fresh Light on John Dalton' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 29-40 W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316 Notes: Charles Babbage has signed the election certificate twice Roscoe H E, IM Maull 003878.jpg ©The Royal Society 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/rspa.1917.0037 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Roscoe%2C+Henry+Enfield RCN 21758 RCN R61327 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 7 Jan 1833 - 18 Dec 1915 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 06/11/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8277 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/46806753 4c630512-a6b0-46b7-a990-5309330f2b43