Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron Fleck

Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron Fleck KBE (11 November 1889 – 6 August 1968) was a British industrial chemist.

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Background and education

Fleck born and educated in Glasgow. He attained a doctorate of science (DSc) from Glasgow University in the chemistry of radioactive substances. He was associated with the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research where he studied the effects of radium on cancerous growths at the beginning of World War I.

Career

Fleck was appointed to the board of ICI in 1944 and was its chairman from 1953 to 1960. He was also Chairman of Scottish Agricultural Industries, the Coal Board Organization Committee, the Scientific Advisory Council, and the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953 and was President of the Royal Institution in 1963. In 1961 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Fleck, of Saltcoats in the County of Ayr.[1]

Personal life

Lord Fleck died in August 1968, aged 78, when the barony became extinct.

References

  1. ^ London Gazette: no. 42272. p. 933. 7 February 1961.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Fleck
1961–1968		 Extinct

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