George Downing Liveing

George Downing Liveing
Born 1827
Died 1924
Nationality English
Occupation Chemist

George Downing Liveing FRS (21 Dec 1827 - 29 Dec 1924) was an English chemist and spectroscopist.

He was born in Nayland, Suffolk, the eldest son of Edward Liveing and educated at St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating BA in 1851.[1] He was made a Fellow of the college and then in 1911 President of the college. [2]

He was Professor of Chemistry, Military College, Sandhurst and then Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge University from 1861 to 1908.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879. He won the Davy Medal in 1901 "for his contributions to spectroscopy".[3]

References

  1. ^ Liveing, George Downing in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  2. ^ http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27liveing%27%29
  3. ^ Archer, Mary D.; Christopher D. Haley (2005). The 1702 Chair of Chemistry at Cambridge: Transformation and Change. Cambridge University Press. p. 318. ISBN 0521828732.