| Authorised form of name | Kipping; Frederic Stanley (1863 - 1949); chemist |
| Other forms of name | Frederick Stanley |
| Dates | 1863 - 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | 16 August 1863 |
| Place of death | Criccieth, Caernarfonshire, Wales |
| Date of death | 01/05/1949 |
| Occupation | chemist |
| Research field | Synthetic organic chemistry |
| Stereochemistry |
| Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Manchester grammar school; University of London; Owens College, Manchester (London external BSc); Munich (PhD); London University (DSc)
Career:
Chemist at the Manchester Gas Department (1882); demonstrator in chemistry under Perkin at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, later assistant professor of chemistry and lecturer in agricultural chemistry (1887); moved to London as chief demonstrator in the chemistry department of the Central Technical College under H. E. Armstrong, where he was also associated with W. J. Pope, M. O. Forster, and Arthur Lapworth (FRS 1910) (1900); published several papers on derivatives of camphor and worked on the stereochemistry of nitrogen; involved in the scheme for preparing some scarce synthetic drugs (1914-1918); appointed to the chair of chemistry at University College, Nottingham (1897-1936).
Awards/Medals:
Longstaff medal (1909) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1897 |
| Age at election | 34 |
| Proposer | Henry Edward Armstrong; Alex Crum Brown; Francis Robert Japp; William Henry Perkin jun; William Henry Perkin; Wyndham Rowland Dunstan; Raphael Meldola |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Davy Medal 1918
Lectures:
Bakerian 1936 |
| Relationships | Parents: James Stanley Kipping, an official in the Manchester branch of the Bank of England, and Julia, daughter of the Manchester painter Charles Allen Duval.
Spouse: Lilian, daughter of William Thomas Holland JP, a merchant, of Bridgwater, Somerset.
Brother-in-law: Arthur Lapworth (FRS 1910) and of William Henry Perkin (FRS 1890); they married three sisters.
Children: Two sons, one of whom, Frederick Barry Kipping, chemist, and two daughters. |
| OtherInfo | Remembered for his pioneering work on silicon polymers.
Known for coining the term silicone. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from DSB.
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1950-1951 vol 7 pp 183-219, plate, by F Challenger |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/111006963 |
| Code | NA1899 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002545 | Kipping, Fredric Stanley | nd |
| IM/002546 | Kipping, Fredric Stanley | nd |
| IM/Maull/002544 | Kipping, Fredric Stanley | nd |
| NLB/17/565 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 16 November 1898 |
| NLB/43/53 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Frederic Stanley Kipping, Fellow of the Royal Society | 31 October 1910 |
| NLB/43/44/9 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Frederic Stanley Kipping, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 October 1910 |
| NLB/44/355 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor F [Frederic] S [Stanley] Kipping FRS | 27 June 1911 |
| NLB/44/551 | Copy letter from Theordore E James to Professor F [Frederick] S [Stanley] Kipling FRS | 3 August 1911 |
| NLB/56/209 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 17 December 1918 |
| NLB/56/84 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 15 November 1918 |
| NLB/56/156 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS; University College, Nottingham | 3 December 1918 |
| NLB/60/545 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic] Stanley Kipping, FRS | 21 February 1921 |
| NLB/59/532 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic] Stanley Kipping, FRS | 13 October 1920 |
| NLB/69/512 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 20 May 1926 |
| NLB/61/91 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 9 May 1921 |
| NLB/55/702 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Professor Frederick Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 25 July 1918 |
| NLB/63/199 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederick Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 13 July 1922 |
| NLB/68/958 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 8 December 1925 |
| NLB/69/155 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 22 January 1926 |
| NLB/68/931 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 1 December 1925 |
| NLB/68/627 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic Stanley] Kipping; University College, Nottingham | [September 1925] |
| NLB/69/377 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 23 March 1926 |
| NLB/72/21 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 21 January 1929 |
| NLB/73/140 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Frederic Stanley] Kipping, FRS | 20 December 1930 |
| EC/1897/17 | Kipping, Frederic Stanley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/60/657 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederic] Stanley Kipping, FRS | 10 March 1921 |