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Comment: He might qualify for academic notability, WP:NACADEMIC. However, there are insufficient sources here to verify, and I (or another reviewer) cannot dig through archives to find them. Please be much more specific with sources and his notability. Ldm1954 (talk) 06:50, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
Harry Lister Riley (September 7, 1899 - 1986)[1][2] B.Sc., ARCS, DIC DS was a British chemist based in London and Newcastle, where he undertook research into coke and coal. It was his work on selenium dioxide, as a post-doctoral student at Imperial College, published in 1932, which earned him the most attention, and the naming of a process after him known as "Riley oxidation". He was Professor Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the University of Durham, and served on Britain’s National Coal Board[2] until his retirement in the 1960s.
Early life and education
editRiley was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, the oldest of three brothers. At the age of 10, he attended Holycroft Council School, Keighley, where he won a Borough Scholarship which enabled him to go on to study at Keighley Boy’s Grammar School.[1][2], where he was head prefect from 1916-1917. He graduated from school with honours and was awarded a County Major Scholarship, after coming joint top for Yorkshire, along with a student from Keighley Girls’ Grammar School.[2]
Before taking up his scholarship, he joined the Royal Army and Served as a corporal with the 9th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (K.O.Y.L.I., 1917-1919)[2] in France during the Great War, seeing action in the trenches of the Somme in 1918.
After the war he entered the Royal College of Science in 1919, (part of Imperial College). In 1921 he received his B.Sc. degree with honours in Chemistry, and became an ARCS (Associate of the Royal College of Science).[2] That year he was also the winner of the Frank Hatton prize for the most efficient student in advanced Chemistry (1920-21).
In 1921 Imperial College awarded him a Sir Otto Beit Scientific Research Fellowship for a thesis entitled “Studies in Complex Salts and other papers”. The fellowship, worth £250 a year, ran from 1921-23, and lead to the degree of Doctor of Science being conferred upon him.
Research
editRiley remained at Imperial College as a demonstrator and later lecturer from 1923-32, where he continued to pursue research in inorganic chemistry. It was during his time here that he discovered a new chemical process involving Selenium, known today as Riley Oxidation. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd went on to develop it for use in the manufacture of dyestuffs and fine chemicals.
In 1932, he became Professor of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the University of Durham,[3] part of King’s College in Newcastle upon Tyne until in 1947.[1][2] He served as Hon. Sec. and Director of research to the Northern Coke Research Committee, Jubilee Memorial Lecturer, Society of Chemical Industry between 1938-1939.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Riley, Harry Lister, (b 1899), Chemist". National Archives. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "National Portrait Gallery". National Portrait Gallery.
- ^ "Nightmare". TIME Magazine. Vol. 34, no. 9. August 28, 1939 – via Academic Search Complete.