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Authorised form of nameDenbigh; Kenneth George (1911 - 2004); chemist; scientific philosopher
Dates1911 - 2004
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLuton, Befordshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth30 May 1911
Place of deathLondon, England, United Kingdom
Date of death23 January 2004
OccupationChemist and scientific philosopher
Research fieldChemical thermodynamics
Chemical engineering
Philosophy of science
ActivityEducation:
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 categoryFellow
Date of election18/03/1965
Age at election53
ProposerHugh 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
RelationshipsSpouse: (m. 1935) Kathleen Enoch.
Children: Two sons.
PublishedWorksRCN 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
OtherInfoDistinguished for work on applied chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, with particular reference to systems in steady states and the theory of continuous reaction processes.
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SourceSources:
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
CodeNA4088
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/GA/WRS/9595Denbigh, Kenneth Georgend
EC/1965/09Denbigh, Kenneth George: certificate of election to the Royal Society1960
RR/75/199Referee'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 Raumann5 September 1951
RR/75/200Referee'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 Raumann5 September 1951
DRW/1/1/65File of criticism of Wilkie's ideas on biological energetics by Dr. Barbara E. C. Banks, arranged by Douglas Robert Wilkie1969-1972
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