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Abbreviations

Sources | Terminology | Records

A-E | F-N | O-S | T-Z

 

Am Chem & Chem Eng

W. D. Miles (ed.), American Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 1st edition, American Chemical Society, 1976; 2nd edition, Guildford, Conn., 1994

   

AMS or AMWS

American Men of Science; American Men and Women of Science, Chicago, A N Marquis & Co., various years, 1906 on

   

Analyst

The Analyst, journal of the Society of Public Analysts, 1877-

   

ANB

American National Biography, New York, Oxford University Press, 1999

   

AUCC

Association of University College Chemists, Register of Members, 1972

   

AustrMWSEng

Australian Men and Women of Science and Engineering, Melbourne, Reed Reference, 1995

   

Bhatnagar

Bhatnagar Laureates 1958-91, New Delhi, Human Resources Development Group, 1992

   

Biog Memoirs FRS

Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society, London, Royal Society, annual, 1955-

   

Boase

F. Boase, Modern English Biography, Truro, 1892-1921

   

BrightSparcs

Bright Sparcs: A register of people involved in the development of science, technology and medicine in Australia

   

C20BB

D. J. Jeremy and G. Tweedale, Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Business Leaders, London, Bowker Saur, 1994

   

CBC

W. A. Campbell and N. N. Greenwood, Contemporary British Chemists, London, Taylor and Francis Ltd., 1971

 

 

Census Records

 

   

1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891,
1901 England Census

Ancestry.com. 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004 [1871], 2005 [1851, 1861, 1891, 1901], 2006 [1841]. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901 [accessed via www.ancestry.co.uk]

   

1881 England Census

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. [accessed via www.ancestry.co.uk]

   

1881 British Census

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line] and 1881 Wales Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index © Copyright 1999-2005, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., www.familysearch.org

   

1901 British Census

1901 Census of England and Wales Online, in association with The National Archives, Genes Reunited Records, Ltd, 2000-2006, www.1901censusonline.com

   

1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891,
1901 Wales Census

Ancestry.com. 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901 Wales Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004 [1871], 2005 [1851, 1861, 1891, 1901], 2006 [1841]. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901 [accessed via www.ancestry.co.uk]

   

1881 Wales Census

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 Wales Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. [accessed via www.ancestry.co.uk]

   

1850, 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910,
1920, 1930 United States Federal Census

Ancestry.com. 1850, 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002 [1930], 2003 [1870], 2004 [1860, 1900], 2005 [1850, 1920], 2006 [1910]. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth 1860; Ninth 1870; Twelfth 1900; Thirteenth 1910; Fourteenth 1920; Fifteenth 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 [accessed via www.ancestry.co.uk]

   

1880 United States Federal Census

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. [accessed via www.ancestry.co.uk]

   

1880 United States Census [US Census]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index © Copyright 1999-2005, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., www.familysearch.org

   

CGC

Regiser of Students of the City and Guilds College, 1884-1934, London, 1936

   

Chambers

T. G. Chambers, Register of the Associates and Old Students of the Royal College of Chemistry, Royal School of Mines and Royal College of Science, London, Hazell, Watson & Viney, 1896

   

Chem Age

The Chemical Age, London, Benn Brothers, 1926-81

   

Chem Eng, Chem Engineer

The Chemical Engineer, journal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, 1959-

   

Chem Manuf Dir

Chemical Manufacturers' Directory of England, Wales and Scotland, London, various publishers, 1860-

   

Chem News

Chemical News, London, C Mitchell & Co., 1859-

   

Chem Trade J

Chemical Trades Journal

   

C & I, Chem & Ind

Chemistry and Industry, journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, 1923-

   

C in B, Chem in Br

Chemistry in Britain, journal published by the Royal Institute of Chemistry & Chemical Society, and later by the Royal Society of Chemistry, 1965-

   

CS

The Chemical Society

   

DAB

Dictionary of American Biography, New York, Charles Scribner & Sons, various years

   

DBB

D. J. Jeremy (ed.), Dictionary of Business Biography, London, Butterworths, 1984-6

   

DCB

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1994

   

Dict SAfr Biog

Dictionary of South African Biography, Pretoria, Human Resources Council, 1968-

   

DNB

Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, Oxford University Press, various years, 1920-

   

DoBS

Directory of British Scientists, London, Ernest Benn Ltd., 1966-67

   

DSA, SAD

Department of Science and Art, Science and Art Department

   

DSB

Dictionary of Scientific Biography,New York, Scribner, 1970-6

   

DSBB

A. Slaven and S. Checkland (eds.), Dictionary of Scottish Business Biography, Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Press, 1986

   

DWT

Directory of Women Teachers, London, Year Book Press, 1927

   

A-E | F-N | O-S | T-Z

 
   

Fox, Dye-makers

M.R. Fox, Dye-makers of Great Britain, 1856-1976, Manchester, ICI, 1987

   

FRS Biog Memoirs

Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society, London, Royal Society, 1955-

   

Fruton

Joseph S. Fruton, A Bio-Biography of the Biochemical Sciences Since 1800, Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1982

   

Hardie & Pratt

D. W. F. Hardie and J. D. Pratt, A History of the Modern British Chemical Industry, Oxford, Pergamon, 1966

   

Haynes

William Haynes, Chemical Who's Who, (1st edition called Who's Who in Chemical and Drug Industries), various publishers, 1928, 1937, 1951

   

IC, ICGBI

Institute of Chemistry (Great Britain & Ireland)

   

IChemE

Institution of Chemical Engineers

   

Indian NSciAcad

Fellows of Indian National Science Academy, Biographical Notes, New Delhi, Indian National Science Compendium, 1984

   

JCS

Journal of the Chemical Society, 1841-1965

   

JRIC

Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1871-1965

   

JSCI

Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, 1882-1923

   

JSCI Jubilee

Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, Jubilee Issue, 1931

   

Macmillan

The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography Toronto, Macmillan of Canada, various years, 1976-

   

McGraw

McGraw-Hill Modern Scientists and Engineers, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1980

   

Miles

W. D. Miles (ed.), American Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 1st edition, American Chemical Society, 1976; 2nd edition, Guildford, Conn., 1994

   

Morris & Russell

P. J. T. Morris and C. A. Russell, Archives of the British Chemical Industry, 1750-1914, Faringdon, British Society for the History of Science, 1988

   

Nature

Nature, London, Macmillan & Co, weekly journal

   

NCAB

National Cyclopedia of American Biography,New York, J. T. White & Co., various years

   

Notable C20S

J. McMurray, ed., Notable Twentieth-Century British Scientists, New York, Gale Research, 1995

   

A-E | F-N | O-S | T-Z

 
   

Oakley

C. A. Oakley, Scottish Industry Today, Edinburgh, Moray Press, 1937

   

OCA

Official Chemical Appointments, London, Institute of Chemistry, various years, 1906-1937

   
   

Oxford HR [Supp, year]

The Historical Register of the University of Oxford ... to 1900, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1900; Supplement, various intervals from 1920

   

PIC, ProcIC

Proceedings of the Institute of Chemistry,1914-

   

Poggendorff

J. C. Poggendorff, Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte des exacten Wissenschaften, Leipzig, A. Barth, 1896 on

   

Proc CS, PCS

Proceedings of the Chemical Society, -1934, 1957-1965

   

Proc RS

Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1855-

   

Profiles

R. Seymour and C. H. Fisher, Profiles of Eminent American Chemists, Sydney, Litarvan Enterprises, 1988

   
   

Quart. Bull.

Quarterly Bulletin, journal published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers, 1922-1958

   

QMUL SRC

Queen Mary University of London, Student Record Cards, QMUL Archive

   

Rae

I. Rae, 'They had to go: Australian chemists who took a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Britain, 1945-65', Historical Records of Australian Science, 12, 1989, pp. 331-61

   

RCS, 1936, 1951

Register of Old Students and Staff of the Royal College of Science, London, RCS Association, 1936, 1951

   

Reeks

M. Reeks, Register of Associates and Old Students of the Royal School of Mines, London, RSM Old Students Association, 1920

 

 

RSC

Royal Society of Chemistry

   

RS Obits

Obituary Notices of the Fellows of the Royal Society, London, Royal Society, annual, 1932-1954

   

SAD, DSA

Science and Art Department, Department of Science and Art

   

SCI

Society of Chemical Industry

   

SCI C

Society of Chemical Industry, data on council members

   

SDC

Society of Dyers and Colourists

   

SPA

Society of Public Analysts

   

SMA

Schoolmasters' Association. Report for 1938, Liverpool, Daily Post, 1939

   

SSDI

Social Security Death Index Interactive

   

SYbk, SmYbk

Schoolmaster's Yearbook and Directory: A reference book of secondary education in England and Wales, etc., London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., various years, 1903-1932

   

A-E | F-N | O-S | T-Z

 
   

T

The Times

   

TES

Times Educational Supplement

   

Tordoff

M. Tordoff, The Servant of Colour: A History of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, 1884-1984, Bradford, SDC, 1984

   

Trans IChemE

Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, 1923-

   

UC, UCL

University College, London

   

UC OSA

University College, London, Old Students' Association

   

UL12, UL26

The Historical Record, University of London (1863-1912 or 1912-1926), London, University of London Press

   

UL(year)

University of London Calendar, London, University of London Press, 1928-39; and University of London Gazette, London, University of London Press, 1940-70

   

U Mc List 1851-1958

Register of Graduates and Holders of Diplomas and Certificates 1851-1958, Manchester, Manchester UP, 1959

   

Venn

J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigiensis,Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 1922-54

   

WWAm

Who Was Who in America, Chicago, A. N. Marquis & Co., 1897-

   

WWAus

Who's Who in Australia, Melbourne, Info Australia Group, 2000/1

   

WWBrInd

J. F. Riddick (ed.), Who's Who in British India, London, Greenwood Press, 1998

   

WWCa

Who's Who in Canada, International Press Ltd., Toronto, various years

   

WWBS

Who's Who of British Scientists, London, Longmans, various years, 1953-

   

WWEng

Who's Who of Engineers, London, Eurobook, various years, 1966-

   

WW in Engg

Who's Who in Engineering, London, J Sears, 1920/1 and 1923

   

WWNZ

Who's Who in New Zealand, Auckland, Octopus, 1991

   

WWSAfr

Who's Who in Southern Africa, Johannesburg, Jonathon Ball, 1996

   

WWSciEur

Who's Who in Science in Europe, London, Francis Hodgson, 1970

   

WWSE

Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Wilmette, IL, Marquis & Co., 1992-

   

WW, WWW

Who's Who, Who Was Who, London, A & C Black, various years, 1898-



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