George Barger
George Barger FRS FRSE FCS LLD (4 April 1878 – 5 January 1939) was a British chemist.
Life
He was born to an English mother, Eleanor Higginbotham, and Gerrit Barger, a Dutch engineer in Manchester, England.[1]
He was educated at
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In 1936 and 1937 he worked with Joseph John Blackie searching for materials for research.[4]
Barger was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May, 1919 and awarded their Davy Medal in 1938.[5][6]
Barger was married to Florence Emily Thomas in 1904 and had two sons and one daughter.
He died at Aeschi, Switzerland.
Positions
- Regius Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, 1937–1939
- Professor of chemistry in relation to medicine, University of Edinburgh, 1919–1937
- Professor of chemistry, Royal Holloway College, University of London, 1913–1914
- Head of Chemical Department, Goldsmiths' College, 1909–1913
- Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, 1903–1909
Publications
- Some Applications of Organic Chemistry to Biology and Chemistry (1930)
- Organic Chemistry for Medical Students (1932)[1]
References
- ^ a b Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. royalsoced.org.uk
- ^ "Barger, George (BRGR897G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- PMID 16743801.
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- S2CID 162385759.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society.[permanent dead link]
Bibliography
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- Britons discover synthetic thyroxin, T.R. Ybarra, New York Times, Sunday 12 December 1927
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