George Downing Liveing | |
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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]