Sir Gilbert Thomas Morgan (1872-1940),

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

, FRS, was a British research chemist.

Career

After graduating from Finsbury Technical College, where he had studied under

Raphael Meldola Raphael Meldola FRS (19 July 1849 – 16 November 1915) was a British chemist and entomologist. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry in the University of London, 1912–15. Life Born in Islington, London, he was descended from Raphael Me ...

, Morgan was employed as assistant chemist at the dye firm Read Holliday & Co. In 1894 he enrolled at the

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to further his education, where he joined the staff and worked closely with Frances Micklethwait. In 1912 he became professor of chemistry at the

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, leaving in 1915 to work briefly for British Dyes. In 1916 he became professor of chemistry at Finsbury Technical College, and in 1919 at

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. In 1925 he became the first director of the Chemical Research Laboratory at the Government Research Laboratory, Teddington.

Honours and awards

* Fellow of the Royal Society (1915) * OBE (1920) * knighthood (1936)

References

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