Benjamin Collins Brodie, Jr, 2d baronet
1817–80
Chemist. Awarded a doctorate at Giessen, Germany, for his analysis of beeswax, 1850. Professor of chemistry, Oxford, 1855–72. Devised an alternative approach to chemistry from that based on atomic theory, and developed a calculus of chemical operations. Succeeded to the baronetcy in 1862. FRS 1849.
Sources
Alum. Oxon.
DSB
ODNB.
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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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