Samuel Sugden Explained

Samuel Sugden,^[1] FRS^{[2] [3]} was an eminent^[4] chemist^[5] in the first half of the 20th century.^[6]

Early life

He was born in Leeds^[7] on 21 February 1892 and educated at Batley Grammar School^[2] and the Royal College of Science.^[8]

Career

After war time service with the BEF he was a Research Chemist the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich^[9] following which he became a Lecturer, Reader^[10] then Professor of Physical chemistry at Birkbeck College.^[11] In 1934 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society^[2] and in 1937 became Professor of Physical Chemistry at University College, London.^[12] 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,^[13] he died on 20 October 1950.^[14]

Notes and References

1. http://www.4crests.com/sugdon-coat-of-arms.html Notable bearers of name
2. Sutton . L. E. . Samuel Sugden. 1892-1950 . 10.1098/rsbm.1951.0015 . . 7 . 20 . 493–503 . 1951 . 176441186 .
3. Wardlaw . W. M. . Prof. Samuel Sugden, F.R.S . 10.1038/166933a0 . Nature . 166 . 4231 . 933–934 . 1950 . 14796631. 1950Natur.166..933W . free .
4. Sugden . S. . Samuel Sugden. Journal of the American Chemical Society . The Determination of Surface Tension from the rise in Capillary Tubes. 47 . 60–61 . 10.1021/ja01678a006 . 1925 .
5. http://ridings.110mb.com/index.php?p=1_5_Famous-Sons-And-Daughters The Ridings of Yorkshire
6. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?LinkID=mp78444&rNo=0&role=sit NPG details
7. http://www.localhistories.org/yorkfam.html Famous people from Yorkshire
8. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
9. Anon. 10.1038/151191c0 . Prof. S. Sugden, F.R.S . Nature . 151 . 3824 . 191. 1943 . 1943Natur.151S.191. . free .
10. ‘Sugden, Samuel (1892–1950)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sutton,L. E (Oxford, Oxford University Press, September 2004)
11. Rodd . E. H. . Sutton . L. E. . 10.1039/JR9520001985 . Obituary notices: James Baddiley, 1885?1951; Samuel Sugden, 1892?1950 . Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) . 1985–1992 . 1952 .
12. http://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/resources/history/people/sugden.html 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