Sir Herbert Jackson KBE, FRS (1863–1936) was a British chemist. He was knighted for his work on heat-resisting and optical

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es for military use in the

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. Jackson was born in

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, on 17 March 1863. He studied at

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from 1879, becoming Professor of Organic Chemistry in 1905. In 1914 he became Daniell Professor of Chemistry. During the War he worked for the Optical Munitions and Glassware Department (OMGD) of the

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. In 1918 he resigned his Professorship to become the Director of Research of the

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. He died on 10 December 1936 and is buried at the parish church of Hampstead.Sir Herbert Jackson (1863 - 1936)
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Research

In 1896, a year after Röntgen's discovery of

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, Jackson demonstrated to the Royal Society an

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that became the model for all gas-type X-ray tubes. In 1907 he presented to the Royal Society of Arts his research on detergents and bleaching agents used in the laundry industry.

References

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