Alexander William Williamson
1824–1904
Chemist. A student of Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen, 1844–5. Professor of analytical and practical chemistry, University College, London, 1849–87; in addition, professor of general chemistry from 1855. Involved in the reform of science education. Foreign secretary of the Royal Society of London, 1873–89. FRS 1855.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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