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The Fullerian Chairs at the Royal Institution in London, England, were established by John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
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The Fullerian Chairs at the Royal Institution in London, England, were established by John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
Michael Faraday was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.
Sir James Dewar was a British chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied atomic and molecular spectroscopy, working in these fields for more than 25 years.
John Fuller, better known as "Mad Jack" Fuller, was Squire of the hamlet of Brightling, in Sussex, and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1780 and 1812. He was a builder of follies, philanthropist, patron of the arts and sciences, and slave owner and a supporter of slavery. He purchased and commissioned many paintings from J.M.W. Turner. He was sponsor and mentor to Michael Faraday.
Sir Henry Hallett Dale was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi.
Sir William Lawrence Bragg, was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer, discoverer (1912) of Bragg's law of X-ray diffraction, which is basic for the determination of crystal structure. He was joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915, "For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays"; an important step in the development of X-ray crystallography.
The Royal Institution of Great Britain is an organisation for scientific education and research, based in the City of Westminster. It was founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age, including Henry Cavendish and its first president, George Finch. Its foundational principles were diffusing the knowledge of, and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, as well as enhancing the application of science to the common purposes of life.
Sir William Henry Bragg was an English physicist, chemist, mathematician, and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics: "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays". The mineral Braggite is named after him and his son. He was knighted in 1920.
Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer FRS FRSE FRCP LLD was an English physiologist.
William Odling, FRS was an English chemist who contributed to the development of the periodic table.
Below are directors of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, with date of appointment.
Peter Day was a British inorganic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at University College London (UCL).
Prof Arthur Gamgee FRS FRSE was a British biochemist.
Thomas Wharton Jones was an eminent ophthalmologist and physiologist of the 19th century.
Alfred Henry Garrod FRS was an English vertebrate zoologist.
The Fullerian Chairs at the Royal Institution in London, England, were established by John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) is a national scientific not-for-profit organisation with a mission to "bring science to people and people to science". It opened in October 2009.
John Gray McKendrick FRS FRSE FRCPE LLD was a distinguished Scottish physiologist. He was born and studied in Aberdeen, Scotland, and served as Regius Professor of Physiology at the University of Glasgow from 1876 to 1906. He was co-founder of the Physiological Society.
Thomas Rymer Jones, FRS was an English surgeon, academic and zoologist.
William "Billy" Stirling MD LLD DSc FRSE, was a Scottish physiologist. He served as professor of physiology and was a founder of the physiology department at the Victoria University of Manchester.
Yvonne Keeble. Mercier.