Henry Enfield Roscoe
1833–1915
Chemist and university administrator. BA, University College, London, 1853; PhD, Heidelberg. Professor of chemistry, Owens College, Manchester, 1857. Helped to establish Manchester Working Man’s College and was active in the Literary and Philosophical Society. Established Science Lectures for the People, 1866. Recognised for his pedagogical writings and translations of classic German works. MP for South Manchester, 1885–95. Vice-chancellor, University of London, 1896–1902. Knighted, 1884. FRS 1863.
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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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