Frank Greenaway
Frank Greenaway (9 July 1917 โ 16 June 2013) was Keeper of
Science Museum in London, England.[1] He authored a number of books and papers on the history of chemistry.[2]
Frank Greenaway studied Chemistry at Jesus College, Oxford. He was invalided out of the War and subsequently taught in Bournemouth, where he met his wife, Miranda (1916โ2008). They had four children.
Greenaway lived in Surrey for most of his career as a curator at the Science Museum in London and a leading historian of science, specializing in chemistry. He retired to Reading, Berkshire.
Selected work
Books
- John Dalton and the Atom, ISBN 978-0-8014-0160-2.
- Chemical Laboratories and Apparatus to 1850, HMSO, 1966. Part 1 of a 4-part series.
- Chemistry, Science Museum, HMSO, 1968.
Papers
- History of Chemistry, doi:10.1038/219415c0
- Platinum Metals in the Development of Analytical Chemistry, Platinum Metals Review, 18(3), pp. 104โ108, July 1974.
- Analytical chemistry in modern society: 200 years of development, .
- A personal encounter with French chemistry: the 1950 French Scientific Instrument Exhibition at the Science Museum, 2001.
- From classical to modern chemistry: the instrumental revolution, Chemistry & Industry, 6 January 2003.
References
- ^ Robert Anderson (16 July 2013). "Frank Greenaway obituary | Culture". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- Museum of the History of Science in Oxfordon 10 December 2007.