Harold Hartley (chemist)

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Sir Harold Brewer Hartley
Cyril Hinshelwood
Signature

physical chemist. He moved from academia to important positions in business and industry, including serving as Chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation
.

Early life

He was the only child of the collector and bibliophile

Cyril Hinshelwood.[5]

First World War

Hartley served in the

First World War and was awarded the Military Cross
.

Honours

He was appointed an Officer of the

Physical Chemistry, at Balliol College, University of Oxford
. He was knighted in 1928, made KCVO in 1944, GCVO in 1957 and
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
(CH) in 1967.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1926.[2] His candidacy citation read:

Distinguished for his investigations in physical and mineralogical chemistry, including electrical conductivity, ionisation, and electrolytic equilibria in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions. Has greatly contributed by his own work and that of his pupils to the building up of a notable school of physico-chemical research at Oxford. During the war and afterwards has done valuable work in connection with gas services. Acted as Chemical Adviser to the Third Army in France. Appointed Assistant Director of Gas Services, GHQ. Later appointed Controller of Chemical Warfare Department, with the rank of Brigadier-General.[7]

He gave the address "Man's Use of Energy" as president of the

British Association for 1949–1950.[8] He received the Hoover Medal
in 1968.

Family

Hartley was married in 1906 to Gertrude, eldest daughter of

Master
of Balliol College. They had one son and one daughter.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Academic Genealogy of the NDSU Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" (PDF). North Dakota State University, USA. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1098/rsbm.1973.0014
    .
  3. ^ Harold Hartley, Eight-Eight Not Out (London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1939), p. 213.
  4. ^ Dulwich College Web Site – Old Alleynians: Eminent Old Alleynians: Science & Medicine Archived 19 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ John Andraos, Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, York University, Canada.
  6. ^ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1918. p. 6702.
  7. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 12 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  8. PMID 14787501
    .

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