| Authorised form of name | Steacie; Edgar William Richard (1900 - 1962) |
| Dates | 1900 - 1962 |
| Place of birth | Westmount, Quebec, Canada |
| Date of birth | 25/12/1900 |
| Place of death | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of death | 28/08/1962 |
| Research field | Physical chemistry |
| Activity | Honours:
OBE 1946
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1948 |
| Age at election | 47 |
| Sources | Sources:
DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1964 vol 10 pp 257-281, plate, by Leo Marion
References:
Digby J McLaren, review of M Christine King, E W R Steacie and Science in Canada in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 124-126
D C Martin, 'Visit by the Assistant Secretary to some North American Scientific Institutions' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 356-364
B Thrush, 'Mr Spectroscopy. Gerhard Herzberg: an illustrious life in science by B Stoicheff' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 351 - 352 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/20479574 |
| Royal Society code | NA6934 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| PB/7/2/4/3 | Visit to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore | 1952-1953 |
| EC/1948/23 | Steacie, Edgar William Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/004374 | Steacie, Edgar William Richard | nd |
| MDA/A/16/22 | Copy letter from David Christie Martin to Thomas Ralph Merton | 23 June 1953 |
| RR/42/56 | Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The kinetics of the heterogeneous thermal decomposition of methyl formate' by Edgar William Richard Steacie | 12 February 1930 |
| RR/42/57 | Referee's report by Frederick George Donnan, on a paper 'The thermal decomposition of ethyl ether on the surface of platinum' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and H N Campbell | April 1930 |
| RR/52/107 | Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The homogeneous unimolecular decomposition of gaseous methyl nitrite' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and G T Shaw | April 1934 |
| RR/54/124 | Referee's report by Eric Keightley Rideal, on a paper 'The kinetics of the oxidation of gaseous hydrocarbons II-The oxidation of ethane' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and A. C. Plewes | April 1934 |
| RR/51/81 | Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'A comparison of the catalytic activity of liquid and solid surfaces. The decomposition of methanol on solid and liquid zinc' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and E M Elkin | [June 1933] |
| RR/54/123 | Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The kinetics of the oxidation of mixtures of ethylene and acetaldehyde' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and A C Plewes | March 1934 |
| RR/54/121 | Referee's report by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, on a paper 'The kinetics of the oxidation of mixtures of ethylene and acetaldehyde' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and A C Plewes | February 1934 |
| RR/54/122 | Referee's report by Eric Keightley Rideal, on a paper 'The kinetics of the oxidation of mixtures of ethylene and acetaldehyde' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and A C Plewes | March 1934 |
| IM/GA/WS/3472 | Steacie, Edgar William Richard | nd |
| RR/34/112 | Referee's report by Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, on a paper 'The solubility and rate of solution of oxygen in silver' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and F M G Johnson | [June 1926] |
| RR/36/81 | Referee's report by Harold Brewer Hartley, on a paper 'The solubility of hydrogen in silver' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and F M G Johnson | [November 1927] |
| RR/56/118 | Referee's report by Eric Keightley Rideal, on a paper 'The homogeneous unimolecular decomposition of gaseous alkyl nitrites - IV—The decomposition of Iso-propyl nitrite' by Edgar William Richard Steacie and G J Shaw | [May 1935] |
| RR/79/279 | Referee's report by Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, on a paper 'The combination of methyl radicals: photolysis of acetone at low pressures' by R E Dodd and Edgar William Richard Steacie | 10 November 1953 |
| RR/75/15 | Referee's report by Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, on a paper 'The disproportionation and combination of ethyl radicals: the photolysis of mercury diethyl' by J Ivin and Edgar William Richard
Steacie | 5 February 1951 |