The Yusuf Hamied 1702 Chair of Chemistry is one of the senior professorships at the University of Cambridge, based in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry. [1]
History[edit]
Founded in 1702 by the university as simply 'Professor of Chemistry', it was retitled as the Professorship of Organic Chemistry in 1943, and in 1991 was renamed after a benefaction from the oil company British Petroleum. In recognition of a donation from Yusuf Hamied, in 2018 the professorship was renamed the Yusuf Hamied 1702 Chair of Chemistry.[2][3]
Professors of Chemistry[edit]
- Giovanni Francisco Vigani (1703–1713)
- John Waller (1713–1718)
- John Mickleburgh (1718–1756)
- John Hadley (1756–1764)
- Richard Watson (1764–1771)
- Isaac Pennington (1773–1793)
- William Farish (1794–1813)
- Smithson Tennant (1813–1815)
- James Cumming (1815–1861)
- George Downing Liveing (1861–1908)[4]
- William Jackson Pope (1908–1939)[5]
Professors of Organic Chemistry[edit]
- Alexander Robertus Todd (1944–1971)[6]
- Ralph Alexander Raphael (1972–1988)[7]
- Alan Rushton Battersby (1988–1992)[8]
BP 1702 Professor of Organic Chemistry[edit]
- Steven V. Ley (1992–2019)[9]
Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professors of Chemistry[edit]
- Matthew J. Gaunt (2019–)[10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ Archer, Mary D.; Haley, Christopher D. (2005), The 1702 chair of chemistry at Cambridge: transformation and change, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521828732
- ^ "Giving a new name to our oldest Chair". Department of Chemistry. University of Cambridge. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Approval of Graces submitted to the Regent House on 7 November 2018". Cambridge University Reporter (6527). 21 November 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Pope, W. J. (1925). "Dr. G. D. Liveing, F.R.S". Nature. 115 (2882): 127. doi:10.1038/115127a0.
- ^ Gibson, C. S. (1941). "Sir William Jackson Pope. 1870–1939". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (9): 291. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0004. JSTOR 768891.
- ^ Brown, D. M.; Kornberg, H. (2000). "Alexander Robertus Todd, O.M., Baron Todd of Trumpington. 2 October 1907 -- 10 January 1997: Elected F.R.S. 1942". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 515. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0099.
- ^ Crombie, L. (2000). "Ralph Alexander Raphael, C.B.E. 1 January 1921 - 27 April 1998: Elected F.R.S. 1962". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 465. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0096.
- ^ "BATTERSBY, Sir Alan (Rushton)". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "LEY, Prof. Steven Victor". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "New incumbent for our oldest Chair". Department of Chemistry. University of Cambridge. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Elections". Cambridge University Reporter (6554). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.