Neil Kensington Adam
Encyclopedia
Neil Kensington Adam FRS (6 November 1891 Cambridge, England - 19 July 1973 Southampton
) was a British chemist
.
He was the son of a Classics don.
He studied chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge
.
He became a fellow of the college.
During the First World War, he served at the Royal Naval Airship Service
at Kingsnorth
, Kent.
He was Sorby Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield
.
He was a Research Associate (1930–1936), and Lecturer (1936–1937) at University College, London.
He was a Chair at the University of Southampton
.
He was married to Winifred Wright;
they were active Christian Scientists.
Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...
) was a British chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
.
He was the son of a Classics don.
He studied chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
.
He became a fellow of the college.
During the First World War, he served at the Royal Naval Airship Service
Royal Naval Air Service
The Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of the First World War, when it merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service , the Royal Air Force...
at Kingsnorth
Kingsnorth
Kingsnorth is a village and civil parish near Ashford in Kent, England.-Features:The Greensand Way, a long distance footpath stretching from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent, passes through the parish on the final stretch....
, Kent.
He was Sorby Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...
.
He was a Research Associate (1930–1936), and Lecturer (1936–1937) at University College, London.
He was a Chair at the University of Southampton
University of Southampton
The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
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He was married to Winifred Wright;
they were active Christian Scientists.
Works
- "Note on Oxygen Consumption of Amphibian Muscle and Nerve", Biochem. J. (1921)
- The physics and chemistry of surfaces, Oxford University Press, 1952
- Physical chemistry, Clarendon Press, 1956
External links
- Neil Kensington Adam. 1891-1973" Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. December 1, 1974
- "Neil Kensington Adam (1891-1973), Professor of chemistry", National Portrait Gallery