Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professor of Chemistry explained

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.

History

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.^{[1] [2]}

Professors of Chemistry

• 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)^[3]
• William Jackson Pope (1908–1939)^[4]

Professors of Organic Chemistry

• Alexander Robertus Todd (1944–1971)^[5]
• Ralph Alexander Raphael (1972–1988)^[6]
• Alan Rushton Battersby (1988–1992)

BP 1702 Professor of Organic Chemistry

• Steven V. Ley (1992–2019)

Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professors of Chemistry

• Matthew J. Gaunt (2019–)^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Giving a new name to our oldest Chair . Department of Chemistry . University of Cambridge . 7 November 2018 . 18 July 2019.
2. Approval of Graces submitted to the Regent House on 7 November 2018 . . 6527 . 21 November 2018 . 5 September 2019.
3. 10.1038/115127a0. Dr. G. D. Liveing, F.R.S. Nature. 115. 2882. 127. 1925. Pope . W. J.. free.
4. Gibson . C. S. . Sir William Jackson Pope. 1870–1939 . 10.1098/rsbm.1941.0004 . . 3 . 9 . 291 . 1941 . 768891.
5. Brown . D. M. . Kornberg . H. . Hans Kornberg. 10.1098/rsbm.1999.0099 . Alexander Robertus Todd, O.M., Baron Todd of Trumpington. 2 October 1907 -- 10 January 1997: Elected F.R.S. 1942 . . 46 . 515 . 2000 .
6. Crombie . L. . 10.1098/rsbm.1999.0096 . Ralph Alexander Raphael, C.B.E. 1 January 1921 - 27 April 1998: Elected F.R.S. 1962 . . 46 . 465 . 2000 .
7. Web site: New incumbent for our oldest Chair . Department of Chemistry . University of Cambridge . 3 July 2019 . 18 July 2019.
8. Elections . . 6554 . 3 July 2019 . 5 September 2019.