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William Odling

1829–1921

Chemist. Studied at Guy’s Hospital, London; demonstrator in chemistry, 1850; MB 1851; FRCP 1859. Appointed lecturer, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 1863. Fullerian Professor of chemistry, Royal Institution, 1868. Waynflete Professor of chemistry, Oxford, 1872–1912. Recognised for his research in both medical and theoretical chemistry. FRS 1859.

Source

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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