Samuel Sugden

Samuel Sugden, FRS was an eminent chemist in the first half of the 20th century.

Early life

He was born in Leeds on 21 February 1892 and educated at Batley Grammar School and the Royal College of Science.

Career

After war time service with the BEF he was a Research Chemist the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich following which he became a Lecturer, Reader then Professor of Physical chemistry at Birkbeck College. In 1934 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1937 became Professor of Physical Chemistry at University College, London. When World War II returned he joined the newly formed Ministry of Supply but resigned in 1944 to take up a similar post with the United States Air Force Eighth Air Force. A noted author, he died on 20 October 1950.

Notes

  1. ↑ Notable bearers of name
  2. 1 2 3 Sutton, L. E. (1951). "Samuel Sugden. 1892-1950". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7 (20): 493–503. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1951.0015. S2CID 176441186.
  3. ↑ Wardlaw, W. M. (1950). "Prof. Samuel Sugden, F.R.S". Nature. 166 (4231): 933–934. Bibcode:1950Natur.166..933W. doi:10.1038/166933a0. PMID 14796631.
  4. ↑ Sugden, S. (1925). "The Determination of Surface Tension from the rise in Capillary Tubes". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 47: 60–61. doi:10.1021/ja01678a006.
  5. ↑ The Ridings of Yorkshire
  6. ↑ NPG details
  7. ↑ Famous people from Yorkshire
  8. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  9. ↑ Anon (1943). "Prof. S. Sugden, F.R.S". Nature. 151 (3824): 191. Bibcode:1943Natur.151S.191.. doi:10.1038/151191c0.
  10. ↑ ‘Sugden, Samuel (1892–1950)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sutton, L. E (Oxford, Oxford University Press, September 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
  11. ↑ Rodd, E. H.; Sutton, L. E. (1952). "Obituary notices: James Baddiley, 1885?1951; Samuel Sugden, 1892?1950". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 1985–1992. doi:10.1039/JR9520001985.
  12. ↑ UCL profile
  13. ↑ Amongst others he wrote “The Structure of Atoms”, 1923; “A Class Book of Physical Chemistry”;and “The Parachor and Valency”, 1929 > British Library web-site accessed Sunday 26 July 2009 6:17GMT
  14. ↑ Obituary Professor S. Sugden The Times Tuesday, 24 October 1950; pg. 8; Issue 51830; col E