| RefNo | EC/1943/05 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XV, 53; A02299 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Ewins, Arthur James: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Research Chemist (Industrial). Distinguished for chemical researches in connexion with pharmaceutical industry. From 1904-1914 published from the Wellcome Research Laboratories, in collaboration or alone, in important researches on alkaloids (ergot, laburnum, etc), amines from aminoacids, choline esters; first isolated acetylcholine from a natural source, identified 'artificial muscarine' as nitrosocholine. Since 1915, as research chemist and director of research to May & Barker Ltd., has produced many new synthetic remedies, including some of the most important in recent years - 'M & B 693' (pyridylsupphanilamide) used in pneumonia, meningitis etc, and a new series of aromatic diamidines, of great promise in several important tropical diseases. |
| Proposers | H H Dale; Harold King; Warrington Yorke; Percival Hartley; C H Andrewes; E Mellanby; R Robinson; C M Wenyon; Gordon Holmes |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2236 | Ewins; Arthur James (1882 - 1957) | 1882 - 1957 |