| Authorised form of name | Denbigh; Kenneth George (1911 - 2004); chemist; scientific philosopher |
| Dates | 1911 - 2004 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Luton, Befordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 30 May 1911 |
| Place of death | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 23 January 2004 |
| Occupation | Chemist and scientific philosopher |
| Research field | Chemical thermodynamics |
| Chemical engineering |
| Philosophy of science |
| Activity | Education:
University of Leeds (first class honours in chemistry, 1932; PhD, 1934)
Career:
Chemist, Imperial Chemical Industries, Billingham Division (1934-1938, 1945-1948); Lecturer, Southampton University (1938-1941); staff, Ministry of Supply (Explosives), Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgwater, Somerset (1941-1945); Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department, Cambridge University (1948-1955); Professor of Chemical Technology, Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt University (1955-1960); Professor of Chemical Engineering Science, Imperial College London (1960-1961), Courtaulds Professor (1961-1966), Professor Emeritus (1977); Principal, Queen Elizabeth College London (1966-1977); Director, Council for Science and Society (1977-1983). |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1965 |
| Age at election | 53 |
| Proposer | Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins |
| Francis Arthur Freeth |
| Owen Alfred Saunders |
| Neil Kensington Adam |
| Alfred Gordon Gaydon |
| Richard Maling Barrer |
| William Rede Hawthorne |
| Edward Armand Guggenheim |
| Edward Victor Appleton |
| Ronald Holroyd |
| Alfred Rene Jean Paul Ubbelohde |
| Harold Hartley |
| Dudley Maurice Newitt |
| Relationships | Spouse: (m. 1935) Kathleen Enoch.
Children: Two sons. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 17294
RCN 17293
RCN 9942
RCN 17292
RCN 10618
RCN 17295
RCN 14071
RCN 23897
RCN 23904
RCN 23905
RCN 23906
RCN 17296
RCN 14075 |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished for work on applied chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, with particular reference to systems in steady states and the theory of continuous reaction processes. |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
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| Source | Sources:
Obituary in The Times (27 January 2004); Obituary in the Independent (24 February 2004)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 61-71, plate, by Sir John Rowlinson |
| Code | NA4088 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/WRS/9595 | Denbigh, Kenneth George | nd |
| EC/1965/09 | Denbigh, Kenneth George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1960 |
| RR/75/199 | Referee's report by William Joseph Elford, on a paper 'The thermo-osmosis of gases through a membrane I Theoretical' by Kenneth George Denbigh and Gertrud Raumann | 5 September 1951 |
| RR/75/200 | Referee's report by William Joseph Elford, on a paper 'The thermo-osmosis of gases through a membrane II Experimental' by Kenneth George Denbigh and Gertrud Raumann | 5 September 1951 |
| DRW/1/1/65 | File of criticism of Wilkie's ideas on biological energetics by Dr. Barbara E. C. Banks, arranged by Douglas Robert Wilkie | 1969-1972 |
| DRW/2/1/3 | Letters on Freezing PT and buffers, arranged by Douglas Robert Wilkie | 1971-1972 |
| DRW/2/1/4 | Correspondence on thermodynamics between Douglas Robert Wilkie and Kenneth George Denbigh | 1970-1974 |