ARMSTRONG PAPERS Second series. List of the correspondence and other papers of Henry...

A: Personalia

B: Photographs

C: General correspondence

D: Printed material

E: Family notebooks

Compiled by Jeanne Pingree

Abbreviations

B A British Association for the Advancement of Science.

B D C British Dyestuffs Corporation.

CGLI City and Guilds of London Institute.

CJ The Central. Journal of the old students of ... the Central Institution. Vol. XXV, June 1938. Armstrong Memorial issue.

E F A Edward Frankland Armstrong.

Eyre J. Vargas Eyre: Henry Edward Armstrong. London, Butterworths, 1958.

H E A Henry Edward Armstrong

JCS Journal of the Chemical Society.

• <persname>Armstrong, Henry Edward, 1848 - 1937, chemist</persname>
• <persname>Armstrong, Edward Frankland, 1878 - 1945, chemist</persname>

Miss Nora Armstrong, the daughter of Professor H.E. Armstrong, FRS, presented a collection of her father's correspondence and other papers to Imperial College in 1958. A list of these papers was circulated in 1967. In 1968 Miss Armstrong then gave a further set of papers to the college which included some of the correspondence of her brother, Edward Frankland, in addition to her father's papers. This second series of Armstrong material is listed here. It is not described in full as many letters are only of ephemeral interest. Unless otherwise described, all letters were written to Professor Armstrong and are holograph or signed typewritten letters.

Outline of the careers of Professor Armstrong and his son.

1. Henry Edward Armstrong.

1848 Born 6 May, son of Richard Armstrong, at Lewisham.

1865 - 7 Student at the Royal College of Chemistry.

1867 - 70 Student at the University of Lepizig: awarded PhD degree.

1870 Appointed as a part time lecturer at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and Professor of Chemistry at the London Institution.

1874 Published 'Introduction to organic chemistry.'

1875 Joint Secretary, with W.H. Perkin, of the Chemical Society.

1876 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

1877 Marriage to Louisa Lavers.

1879 Appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Cowper Street Schools (later Finsbury Technical College.)

1883 Senior Secretary of the Chemical Society: Finsbury Technical College opened.

1884 Appointed Professor of Chemistry at the Central Institution (later City and Guilds College.)

1892 Awarded honorary LLD, University of St. Andrews.

1893 - 5 President of the Chemical Society.

1897 Visited the USA as lecturer for the Lawes Agricultural Trust.

1911 Appointment at the City and Guilds College terminated. Awarded the Davy Medal of the Royal Society.

1913 Closure of the Chemistry Department at the City and Guilds College: appointment as Professor Emeritus, Imperial College.

1937 Died 13 July.

2. Edward Frankland Armstrong.

1878 Born 5 September at Lewisham. Educated St. Dunstan's College.

1895 Occasional student at the Royal College of Science.

1896 - 8 Student at the Central Institution: awarded ACGI (Chemistry)

1898 Student at the Universities of Kiel and Berlin.

1901 Awarded PhD degree, University of Kiel.

1902 - 3 Salter's Research Fellow, Central Institution.

1905 Appointment as Chief Chemist, Huntley and Palmer.

1907 Marriage to Ethel Mary Turpin.

1911 Received honorary LLD, University of St. Andrews.

1914 Appointment as Technical Advisor, later Director, Crosfields.

1920 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

1922 - 4 President of the Society of Chemical Industry.

1925 Appointed Managing Director, British Dyestuffs Corporation.

1928 Resignation, to become consultant in London.

1935 President of the Association of British Chemical Manufacturers. Death of his son, Kenneth, in Alpine accident.

1939 -45 Scientific Adviser to the Ministries of Home Security and Works.

1945 Died, 14 December, after an operation for appendicitis.