Ian Heilbron

Sir Ian Heilbron
Born
Isidor Morris Heilbron

(1886-11-06)6 November 1886
Glasgow, Scotland
Died14 September 1959(1959-09-14) (aged 72)
EducationRoyal Technical College and University of Leipzig
SpouseElda Marguerite Davis
Children2
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
Workplaces
Academic advisors
Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch

Sir Ian Morris Heilbron DSO FRS (6 November 1886 – 14 September 1959) was a Scottish chemist, who pioneered organic chemistry developed for therapeutic and industrial use.

Early life and education

Heilbron was born in Glasgow on 6 November 1886 to a wine merchant (David Heilbron) and his wife (Fanny Jessel). He was Jewish.

He was educated at Glasgow High School and then the Royal Technical College with G. G. Henderson. Following an award of a Carnegie Fellowship he went to the University of Leipzig to study under Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch for his doctoral thesis (1907–1910).

He was awarded a Ph.D. He received a D.Sc. at the University of Glasgow in 1918 for his 'Contribution to the Study of Semi-carbazones' and other papers.

Military service

He served in the Royal Army Service Corps (1910–1920). He was awarded a Distinguished Service Order in 1918 for distinguished service related to operations in Salonika. He was also appointed an Officer of the Order of the Redeemer by the Greek government. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel, Assistant Director of Supplies.

During the Second World War from 1939 to 1942 he worked as a scientific advisor to the Department of Scientific Research in the Ministry of Supply. From 1942 to 1945 he became a scientific advisor to the Ministry of Production and assisted in the introduction of DDT.

Career

Appointed Professor at Manchester in 1933, where he was keen to exploit new techniques for micro-analysis, adsorption chromatography, low pressure distillation, and ultra-violet spectroscopy. He was elected o membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 5 November 1935 His independent research career focused on the chemistry of natural products, including work on sterols, vitamin D, vitamin A, polyene synthesis, Squalene, terpenes, pyrylium salts, algal pigments, and spiropyrans. He was also instrumental in the development of DDT to fight malaria and yellow fever. Heilbron, with Arthur Herbert Cook, also studied the synthesis and structure of penicillin.

Appointments

Notable trainees

Source:

While at University of Liverpool

While at University of Manchester

While at Imperial College

While at Imperial Chemical Industries

Notable collaborators

While at University of Liverpool

Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 Cook, A. H. (1960). "Ian Morris Heilbron. 1886–1959". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6: 65–85. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0025. ISSN 0080-4606.
  2. ↑ Alan Cook (2004). "Heilbron, Sir Ian Morris [formerly Isidor Morris]". In Watson, K. D (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33799. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ Profile of Ian Heilbron Archived 6 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "On This Day – Nov 06 : Ian Heilbron was born". RSC Education. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "HEILBRON, Sir Ian Morris". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (2015 ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 25 January 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. 1 2 3 "University of Glasgow :: Story : Biography of Lieutenant Colonel Isidore Morris Heilbron". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Rubinstein, W. D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (2011). The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 410. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.
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  9. 1 2 3 "Chemical & Engineering News: The Priestly Medal – 1945: Ian Morris Heilbron (1886–1959)". pubsapp.acs.org. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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  11. ↑ Cook, Alan Hugh; Cook, A. H. (30 November 1960). "Ian Morris Heilbron, 1886-1959". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6 (1): 65–85. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0025. ISSN 0080-4606.
  12. ↑ Heilbron, I. M. (1945). "The New Insecticidal Material DDT". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 93 (4682): 65–71. ISSN 0035-9114. JSTOR 41361779.
  13. ↑ Billimoria, J. D.; Cook, A. H.; Heilbron, Ian (1949). "307. Studies in the azole series. Part XVI. Synthesis of a new analogue of penicillamine". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 1437–1440. doi:10.1039/jr9490001437. ISSN 0368-1769.
  14. ↑ "Chemistry Tree – Ian (Isidore) Morris Heilbron Family Tree". academictree.org. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  15. ↑ Gay, Hannah (2016). The Chemistry Department at Imperial College, London : a history, 1845–2000. Griffith, W. P. (William Pettitt), 1936–. New Jersey. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-78326-974-7. OCLC 965146304.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ↑ Goodwin, T W (1977). "R. A. Morton". Nature. 266 (5600): 394. Bibcode:1977Natur.266..394G. doi:10.1038/266394a0. S2CID 31211784.