William Jackson Pope

William Jackson Pope
Born	31 March 1870 London
Died	17 October 1939 Cambridge
Nationality	England
Known for	stereochemistry
Scientific career
Fields	chemistry

William Jackson Pope (31 October, 1870 – 17 October, 1939) was an English chemist. He studied crystallography under H. A. Miers and became deeply interested in it. In all his earlier researches much of his work was devoted to securing crystallographic data, and the hours he spent in the dark room with his goniometer were probably among the happiest in his life. These crystallographic studies had an important influence on the development of his chemical work, for they enhanced the natural faculty of visualising spatial relationships. This drew him inevitably into the field of stereochemistry where his greatest achievements were made. He obtained the chair of chemistry at Cambridge University in 1908.

References

• Gibson, Charles S (1941). "Sir William Jackson Pope. 1870-1939". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (9): 291–324. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0004. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laysummary=, |laydate=, and |laysource= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)