E. C. Williams

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E. C. Williams
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E. C. Williams
Known for Chemical Engineering
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Chemical Engineering
Institutions University of Manchester
British Dyestuffs Corporation
University of Leeds
National Benzol Board
University College London
Shell
General Mills
General Dyestuffs Corporation

E. C. Williams was the first Ramsay Memorial Professor of Chemical Engineering at University College London, as well as the first in the United Kingdom being appointed in 1923. [1]

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Career

Williams previously worked for the University of Manchester, [2] British Dyestuffs Corporation, [3] as a research chemist to the joint committee of the University of Leeds and the National Benzol Board, [4] before he was appointed as the first Ramsay professor of chemical engineering at University College London in 1923.

While at University College London, Williams stated that the due to the development of chemical plant,

"chemical expertise was becoming even more important for the engineers building the plant than for the industrial chemist's who used it, hence the fusion of the sciences". [3]

Williams handed in his resignation in 1927 [5] [6] before being replaced by W.E. Gibbs in 1928. [7] [8] [9] Prior to his departure from University College London, he had engaged with British chemical companies and convinced them to make donations which allowed for the chemical engineering department to be increased in size. [10]

After leaving University College London, he became Vice President in Charge of Research for Shell at their research laboratory in Berkeley, California. [11] [12] [8] While at Shell, he reported to the United States National Resources board in 1940. [13]

After leaving Shell, Williams worked as head of research at General Mills, [14] became a director of Standard Oil Company, [15] before being technical director at General Dyestuffs Corporation. [16]

Awards

Williams was given the seventh William H. Walker Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 1942 for his work on the production of synthetic glycerol, which he had reported in the 1939 Transactions of the institute. [17]

Selected writing

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References

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  2. ↑ "University and Educational Intelligence". Nature. 112 (2809): 346–347. 1 September 1923. Bibcode:1923Natur.112R.346.. doi: 10.1038/112346b0 . S2CID   4074831.
  3. 1 2 Michael Sanderson (11 October 2018). The Universities and British Industry: 1850–1970. Routledge. ISBN   978-1138323568.
  4. ↑ "University and Educational Notes". Science. 58 (1490): 48. 20 July 1923. Bibcode:1923Sci....58...48.. doi:10.1126/science.58.1490.48. PMID   17834626 . Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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  6. ↑ "Personal and Other Business". Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. 46 (48): 1129-1132 Correspondence. 2 December 1927. doi:10.1002/jctb.5000464804.
  7. ↑ D. C. Freshwater (1997), People, pipes and processes: a short history of chemical engineering and the Institution of Chemical Engineers
  8. 1 2 Nicholas A. Peppas (1989), One hundred years of chemical engineering, Springer, ISBN   9780792301455
  9. ↑ "History - UCL Chemical Engineering has a long and distinguished history as a world-leading research department – the first of its kind in the UK. Find out more about some key figures and dates in our history". University College London. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  10. ↑ f. g, D. (17 February 1934). "Prof. W. E. Gibbs". Nature. 133 (3355): 240. Bibcode:1934Natur.133..240F. doi: 10.1038/133240a0 . S2CID   4118542.
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  16. ↑ Administration of the Trading with the Enemy Act. United States Senate, Subcommittee on the Trading with The Enemy Act on the Committee on the Judiciary. 20 February 1953. p. 322. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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