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Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professor of Chemistry

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The Yusuf Hamied 1702 Chair of Chemistry is one of the senior professorships at the University of Cambridge, based in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry. [1]

History

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Founded in 1702 by the university as simply 'Professor of Chemistry', it was retitled as the Professorship of Organic Chemistry in 1943, and in 1991 was renamed after a benefaction from the oil company British Petroleum. In recognition of a donation from Yusuf Hamied, in 2018 the professorship was renamed the Yusuf Hamied 1702 Chair of Chemistry.[2][3]

Professors of Chemistry

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Professors of Organic Chemistry

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BP 1702 Professor of Organic Chemistry

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Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professors of Chemistry

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References

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  1. ^ Archer, Mary D.; Haley, Christopher D. (2005), The 1702 chair of chemistry at Cambridge: transformation and change, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521828732
  2. ^ "Giving a new name to our oldest Chair". Department of Chemistry. University of Cambridge. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Approval of Graces submitted to the Regent House on 7 November 2018". Cambridge University Reporter (6527). 21 November 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ Pope, W. J. (1925). "Dr. G. D. Liveing, F.R.S". Nature. 115 (2882): 127. doi:10.1038/115127a0.
  5. ^ Gibson, C. S. (1941). "Sir William Jackson Pope. 1870–1939". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (9): 291. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0004. JSTOR 768891.
  6. ^ Brown, D. M.; Kornberg, H. (2000). "Alexander Robertus Todd, O.M., Baron Todd of Trumpington. 2 October 1907 -- 10 January 1997: Elected F.R.S. 1942". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 515. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0099.
  7. ^ Crombie, L. (2000). "Ralph Alexander Raphael, C.B.E. 1 January 1921 - 27 April 1998: Elected F.R.S. 1962". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 465. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0096.
  8. ^ "BATTERSBY, Sir Alan (Rushton)". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ "LEY, Prof. Steven Victor". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ "New incumbent for our oldest Chair". Department of Chemistry. University of Cambridge. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Elections". Cambridge University Reporter (6554). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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