| Authorised form of name | Divers; Edward (1837 - 1912); chemist |
| Dates | 1837 - 1912 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 27 November 1837 |
| Place of death | 3 Canning Place, Palace Gate, Kensington, London, England |
| Date of death | 08/04/1912 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | chemist |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
City of London School (1851-1852); Royal College of Chemistry, London; Queen's College, Galway. MD, DSc
Career:
Lecturer in Medical Jurisprudence, Middlesex Hospital (1870); Professor of Chemistry, Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan (1873); Principal, Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo, Japan; Emeritus Professor (1899); returned to England (1899); lost an eye due to an explosion in the laboratory.
Honours:
Order of the Rising Sun, third class (1886); Order of the Sacred Treasure, second class (1898)
Memberships:
Society of Chemical Industry (President 1905)
Chemical Society (VP 1900–02)
Institute of Chemistry (VP 1905) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1885 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| Proposer | William James Russell; St George Mivart; Henry Edward Armstrong; Augustus George Vernon Harcourt |
| William Odling; William Henry Perkin; August Wilhelm von Hofmann; Henry Enfield Roscoe; William Crookes; Frederick Augustus Abel; John Hall Gladstone; Edward Frankland |
| Relationships | Parents: Urecorded.
Spouse: Margaret Teresa FitzGerald, daughter of D G FitzGerald of Mayfield, County Cork (1865). |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1913 vol 88 pp viii-x signed by J M |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/64789817 |
| Royal Society code | NA6155 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1885/08 | Divers, Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/34/62 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 22 December 1906 |
| NLB/10/417 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society, Hongo, Tokyo | 21 November 1894 |
| NLB/20/542 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 18 May 1900 |
| NLB/19/717 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 1 December 1899 |
| NLB/22/718 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Edward] Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 July 1901 |
| NLB/34/334 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 January 1907 |
| NLB/23/1/854 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 February 1902 |
| NLB/29/105 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 July 1904 |
| NLB/30/477 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 30 March 1905 |
| NLB/31/45 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 15 June 1905 |
| NLB/33/469 | Copy letter from A H White, to Professor Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 September 1906 |
| NLB/33/512 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr [Edward] Divers, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 18 September 1906 |
| NLB/33/264 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr [Edward] Divers, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 25 July 1906 |
| MC/23/126 | Letter from Edward Divers, 3 Canning Place, Palace Gate, London, to the Honorary Secretaries, Royal Society | 18 May 1908 |
| RR/7/236 | Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on a paper 'On the union of ammonia nitrate with ammonia' by Edward Divers | 20 January 1873 |
| IM/Maull/001162 | Divers, Edward | nd |
| IM/Maull/001161 | Divers, Edward | nd |
| NLB/32/112 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 January 1906 |
| RR/7/238 | Referee's report by Edward Frankland and Heinrich Debus, on a paper 'On the union of ammonia nitrate with ammonia' by Edward Divers | 3 April 1873 |
| NLB/30/888 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 June 1905 |
| NLB/32/111 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr Edward Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 2 January 1906 |
| RR/7/237 | Referee's report by Heinrich Debus, on a paper 'On the union of ammonia nitrate with ammonia' by Edward Divers | 24 February 1873 |
| MC/14/76 | Letter from Edward Divers, Imperial College Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, to [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 7 August 1885 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |
| NLB/37/828 | Copy Letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor E [Edward] Divers, Fellow of the Royal Society | 20 May 1908 |
| MC/23 | Volume 23 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1908 |
| MC/21 | Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1906 |
| MC/27/138 | Letter from [William] Gowland, 13 Russell Road, Kensington, W, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 2 May 1912 |
| MC/27/201 | Letter from [Frederic] Stanley Kipping, 40 Magdala Road, Nottingham, to the [Royal Society] | 29 December 1912 |
| MC/21/155 | Letter from Edward Divers, 3 Canning Place, Palace Gate, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison | 26 November 1906 |
| MC/21/156 | Letter from Edward Divers, Society of Chemical Industry, Palace Chambers, 9 Bridge Street, Westminster, London, to the President of the Royal Society | 29 December 1905 |
| NLB/32/115 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Joseph Larmor, Secretary, Royal Society | 5 January 1906 |