Thomas Edward Thorpe
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Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe
Early life and education
Thorpe was born at Barnes Green in
Thorpe originally worked as a
Academic career
After a time working for
Thorpe conducted research on a wide range of subjects. He contributed to the understanding of the relationship between substances'
From 1894-95 Thorpe served as president of the
Honours
Thorpe was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) by Queen Victoria in the 1900 Birthday Honours[11] and knighted by King Edward VII in 1909.[12]
Family
In 1870 Thorpe married Caroline Emma Watts, daughter of John Watts. They had no children.[13]
Death
Thorpe died of a heart attack, following a long period of ill-health, at "Whinfield" in Salcombe, Devon on 23 February 1925 at the age of 79.[14] He was buried in the local churchyard at Salcombe.
Publications
Thorpe wrote a number of books, including the textbooks Inorganic Chemistry (1873), Dictionary of Applied Chemistry (1890)[15] and a History of Chemistry (vol. 1, 1909; vol. 2, 1910).[16] Outside chemistry, his great interest was yachting,[17] and he wrote two books on this subject; A Yachtsman's Guide to the Dutch Waterways (1905) and The Seine from Havre to Paris (1913).
Further reading
- Geo. Stubbs (1925). "Obituary: Thomas Edward Thorpe". Analyst. 50 (590): 210–213. .
- A. E. H. T. (1925). "Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. 109 (752): i–xxix. JSTOR 94442.
References
- ^ "The Vincent Briscoe Annual Security Lecture". Imperial College London. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Thorpe, Sir Edward". Who's Who: 2370. 1918.
- .
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36919. London. 7 November 1902. p. 8.
- ^ Thorpe's Presidential Address to the British Association Meeting, held at Edinburgh in 1921
- ^ https://www.soci.org/about-us/history/sci-presidents
- ^ Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1907). "THORPE, Thomas Edward". Who's Who. Vol. 59. p. 1748.
- ISBN 978-0-7190-5605-5.
- ^ "No. 28632". The London Gazette. 2 August 1912. pp. 5721–2.
- ^ "No. 27200". The London Gazette. 8 June 1900. pp. 3629–3630.
- ^ London Gazette June 1909
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36514. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Nature (magazine) 7 March 1925
- ^ Thorpe, Sir Edward. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry. Vol. 5 vols., 1912–1916, revised & enlarged edition. London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
- ^ Thorpe, Sir Edward (October 1909). History of chemistry. The history of science series. Vol. 1 & 2, 1909–1910. London: Watts.
- doi:10.1038/115343a0.
External links
- Works by Thomas Edward Thorpe at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Thomas Edward Thorpe at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)