The Chemical Society was a scientific society formed in 1841 (then named the Chemical Society of London ) by 77 scientists as a result of increased interest in scientific matters. Chemist Robert Warington was the driving force behind its creation.
5-615: The Meldola Medal and Prize was awarded annually from 1921 to 1979 by the Chemical Society and from 1980 to 2008 by the Royal Society of Chemistry to a British chemist who was under 32 years of age for promising original investigations in chemistry (which had been published). It commemorated Raphael Meldola , President of the Maccabaeans and the Institute of Chemistry . The prize was
10-611: The 1780s, the Animal Chemical Club of 1805, the London Chemical Society of 1824 - failed. One assertion of a cause of success of the Chemical Society of London is that it was, unlike its forerunners, a "fruitful amalgamation of the technological and academic chemist". Its activities expanded over the years, including eventually becoming a major publisher in the field of chemistry. On 15 May 1980, it amalgamated with
15-545: The first British woman to gain a doctorate in chemistry (at the University of Zurich ), was one of nineteen women chemists to petition the Chemical Society for admission of women to fellowship . This was eventually granted in 1919, and Humphrey was subsequently elected to fellowship. The Chemical Society of London succeeded where a number of previous chemical associations - the Lunar Society 's London branch chemical society of
20-624: The sum of £500 and a bronze medal. The prize was modified in 2008 and joined the Edward Harrison Memorial Prize to become the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prizes . Awardees include: Chemical Society One of the aims of the Chemical Society was to hold meetings for "the communication and discussion of discoveries and observations, an account of which shall be published by the Society". In 1847, its importance
25-419: Was recognised by a Royal Charter , which added to its role in the advancement of science, the development of chemical applications in industry. Its members included eminent chemists from overseas including August Wilhelm von Hofmann , who became its president in 1861. Membership was open to all those interested in chemistry, but fellowship was for long restricted to men. In 1904, Edith Humphrey , thought to be
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