Frederick George Donnan and the relationship between electrolytic dissociation and light absorption

Stock, John T.

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Title

Frederick George Donnan and the relationship between electrolytic dissociation and light absorption

Author(s)

Stock, John T.

Issue Date

2004-09-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• Donnan

Abstract

Following a brilliant career at Queen's U., Belfast, then the grant of a scholarship, Donnan went to the U. of Leipzig in 1893. Here Donnan investigated the dissocn. of violuric acid (VA) by colorimetry, describing in detail the construction and operation of a unique colorimeter. He also examd. VA solns. to which various acids had been added and was granted his Ph. D. in 1896. He became a leading scientist while at U. College, London (UCL) and was called in 1904 to a new chair at the U. of Liverpool. Here he carried out the work that led to the so-called Donnan membrane equil. He succeeded Ramsay as Professor at UCL in 1913. After national effort during the 1914-1918 war, Donnan's stature increased even further; he received no less than eleven honorary doctorates. He retired in 1937, but his activities continued. He died on Dec. 16, 1956.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

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1053-4385

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text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127613

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2004v029p091

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