Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professor of Chemistry

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

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

• Giovanni Francisco Vigani (1703–1713)
• John Waller (1713–1718)
• John Mickleburgh (1718–1756)
• John Hadley (1756–1764)
• Richard Watson (1764–1771)
• Isaac Pennington (1773–1793)
• William Farish (1794–1813)
• Smithson Tennant (1813–1815)
• James Cumming (1815–1861)
• George Downing Liveing (1861–1908)^[4]
• William Jackson Pope (1908–1939)^[5]

Professors of Organic Chemistry

• Alexander Robertus Todd (1944–1971)^[6]
• Ralph Alexander Raphael (1972–1988)^[7]
• Alan Rushton Battersby (1988–1992)^[8]

BP 1702 Professor of Organic Chemistry

• Steven V. Ley (1992–2019)^[9]

Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professors of Chemistry

• Matthew J. Gaunt (2019–)^[10][11]

References

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.