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}}'''Sir Ian Morris Heilbron''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (6 November 1886 – 14 September 1959) was a [[Great Britain|British]] chemist,<ref>{{cite doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/33799|noedit}}</ref><ref>[http://www.open.ac.uk/ou5/Arts/chemists/person.cfm?SearchID=3737 Profile of Ian Heilbron] {{ |
}}'''Sir Ian Morris Heilbron''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (6 November 1886 – 14 September 1959) was a [[Great Britain|British]] chemist,<ref>{{cite doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/33799|noedit}}</ref><ref>[http://www.open.ac.uk/ou5/Arts/chemists/person.cfm?SearchID=3737 Profile of Ian Heilbron] {{wayback|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/ou5/Arts/chemists/person.cfm?SearchID=3737 |date=20120206170035 }}</ref> who pioneered [[organic chemistry]] developed for therapeutic and industrial use.<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | surname = HEILBRON | othernames = Sir Ian Morris | id = U238455 | type = was | volume = 1920–2015 | edition = 2015 | accessed = 2015-01-25 }}</ref> |
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Sir Ian Heilbron | |
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| Born | Isidor Morris November 6, 1886 |
| Died | September 14, 1959 (aged 72) |
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| Fields | Organic chemistry |
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Sir Ian Morris Heilbron DSO FRS (6 November 1886 – 14 September 1959) was a British chemist,[1][2] who pioneered organic chemistry developed for therapeutic and industrial use.[3]
Early life
Heilbron was born in Glasgow on 6 November 1886 and was educated at Glasgow High School and then the Royal Technical College. Following an award of a Carnegie Fellowship he went to the University of Leipzig to study under Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch.
Career
- Lecturer, Royal Technical College, 1909–14
- Served as an officer in British Army, 1910–20, 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.
- Professor of organic chemistry, Royal Technical College, 1919–20
- Professor, University of Liverpool, 1920-33 (Heath Harrison Chair of Organic Chemistry)
- Professor, University of Manchester, 1933-8 (Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry, 1935-8)
- Professor, Imperial College, 1938–49
- Director, Brewing Industry Research Foundation, 1949–58
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, after 1942 he became a scientic advisor to the Ministry of Production.
Awards and honours
In recognition of his work during war he was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 1946 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1931.The American Chemical Society honored him with its highest prize, the Priestley Medal, in 1945.
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