Walter Noel Hartley

Sir Walter Noel Hartley F.R.S., D. Sc (1845-11 September 1913) was a chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society. He was a pioneer of spectroscopy, and the first person to establish a relationship between the wavelengths of spectral lines of the elements and their positions in the periodic table[1] (published in 1883), and he studied also the relationship between the structure and spectra of a wide variety of organic compounds. In 1881, he hypothesized the presence of ozone in the atmosphere.[2] His work led to his election to Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1884, and he was awarded a doctorate (D.Sc.) by the Royal University of Ireland in October 1901.[3] He was knighted in 1911. He was Chair of Chemistry and Dean of Faculty of the Royal College of Science in Ireland.[4]

Works

His published works included: 'Air and its Relations to Life' (1876),[5] 'Water, Air and Disinfectants' (1877) and 'Quantitative Analysis' (1887).[4][6] He was awarded a gold medal at the 1904 St Louis Exposition, for scientific applications of photography and a silver medal in chemical arts.[4] In 1906 he gained the Longstaff Medal of the Chemical Society for researches in spectro-chemistry, and in 1908, the Grand Prix for spectrographic research at the Franco-British Exhibition. He was president of Section B (Chemistry) of the British Association, 1903-04.[4]

Family

Hartley married novelist Mary Laffan (1849-1916) in 1882.[7][8] He was survived by one son, Walter John Hartley, who died at Gallipoli in 1915.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "UCD Merrion Street". Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  2. ↑ David Beerling (22 February 2007). The Emerald Planet:How plants changed Earth's history. Oxford University Press. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-19-158017-8. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "University intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 October 1901. (36596), p. 7.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "WN Hartley & Family". Retrieved 14 August 2013. (Obituary 12 Sept 1913)
  5. ↑ A review of this book is available in the archives of The Spectator magazine, with an 1875 article explaining this work's significance, accessible here
  6. ↑ Walter Noel Hartley's 1907 article, 'On the Thermochemistry of Flame Spectra at High Temperatures' in the Proceedings of the Royal Society is available to preview, here
  7. ↑ Angela Bourke (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: Irish women's writing and traditions. Vols. 4-5. NYU Press. pp. 974–. ISBN 978-0-8147-9907-9. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Alexander Norman Jeffares; Peter Van de Kamp (October 2006). Irish literature: the nineteenth century. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-3357-3. Retrieved 13 August 2013.