Harry Marsh (17 April 1926 – 25 September 2023) was an English chemist. His professional focus is

carbon Carbon () is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalence, tetravalent—meaning that its atoms are able to form up to four covalent bonds due to its valence shell exhibiting 4 ...

science. Born on 17 April 1926 in West Durham, England, Marsh spent much of his career at the Northern Carbon Research Laboratories of the

University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick un ...

. His research investigated the structure and adsorptive properties of carbons. At the 2006 meeting of the International Carbon Society he received their lifetime achievement award. As of 2016, Marsh lived in

Whitley Bay Whitley Bay is a seaside town in the North Tyneside borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It was formerly governed as part of Northumberland and has been part of Tyne and Wear since 1974. It is part of the wider Tyneside built-up area, being around ...

. He died on 25 September 2023, at the age of 97.

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