Metal−Organic and Organic Molecular Magnets Edited by P. Day (The Royal Institution of Great Britain) and A. E. Underhill (University College of North Wales). Royal Society of Chemistry:  Cambridge. 1999. viii + 324 pp. £69.50. ISBN 0-85404-764-6

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (43) ◽  
pp. 10742-10742
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Molecular Magnets ◽  
North Wales ◽  
Royal Institution ◽  
University College ◽  
Metal Organic

scholarly journals Donald Charlton Bradley. 7 November 1924—20 December 2014

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 119-141
Author(s):  
Alice C. Sullivan ◽  
John Meurig Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Chemical Vapour ◽  
Organic Chemical ◽  
Metal Oxide Thin Films ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Semiconductor Thin Films ◽  
Royal Institution ◽  
Metal Organic ◽  
The University

Don Bradley was a twentieth-century pioneer of inorganic chemistry. He opened up the field of metal alkoxides and defined the parameters controlling the aggregative and volatility properties of this class of compounds that later dictated their use as precursors for fabrication of metal oxide thin films. His legacy also included seminal contributions to our knowledge of structure and bonding in the compound classes of metal amides and metal imides. He made highly innovative contributions in the field of metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) fabrication of III/V semiconductor thin films, both through synthesis of single source precursors and through synthesis of molecular vehicles for safe storage and delivery of pyrophoric precursors. A modest, witty and gentle man of great intellectual depth and generosity, he nurtured and encouraged the fledgling talent of his students and co-workers and enthusiastically incorporated new developments in terms of experimental and theoretical tools to provide ever deeper understanding. He was relentless in giving his time and effort to support his college, Queen Mary, and the University of London as well as scientific organizations such as the Royal Society, Royal Institution and Royal Society of Chemistry, performing a range of society- or divisional-level official roles at various times, and he even made time for board of governor roles in schools. Don was held in the highest of esteem by his friends and family, students, colleagues and fellow scientists from across the world.

Origins of the Royal Institution

1962 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Martin
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Early History ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Working Classes ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Royal Institution ◽  
Royal Charter

SynopsisThe paper is an attempt to set the social and historical background against which the Royal Institution was founded, and to trace the events in its very early history. The founder of the Institution was Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, that soldier of fortune who took service with the Elector Palatine of Bavaria, and it was in the course of his duties in Munich that his interest in the practical problems of philanthropy was aroused.In London, in the concluding years of the eighteenth century, he was drawn into the group of philanthropists and reformers among whom William Wilberforce was the leading figure, and Sir Thomas Bernard, Treasurer of the Foundling Hospital, one of the most active members. The focus of their activities was the Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor, and to this Society Rumford submitted his proposals for a new scientific institution in London, designed to improve the lot of the poor and the working classes by the application of science to useful purposes.It was decided to make an appeal for funds, Rumford's proposals were circulated, and the Count succeeded in interesting the President of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks, who took the Chair at the early meetings and allowed them to be held at his house, 32 Soho Square. At a meeting held there on 7 March 1799, the new institution was formed by resolution of the subscribers of 50 guineas each, who became the first Proprietors of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, as it was afterwards named in its Royal Charter.

Humphry Davy and the Royal Institution of Great Britain

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick R Unwin ◽  
Robert W Unwin
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
Financial Asset ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
Early Management ◽  
Core Group ◽  
Royal Institution ◽  
Humphry Davy

The abortive attempts of Sir Humphry Davy to introduce modest reforms at the Royal Society of London during his Presidency (1820–27) contrast with his (largely unstudied) earlier experience of administration at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI). Davy's attempts to combat the systemic weaknesses in governance and funding, and his role in effecting changes at the RI, in association with a core group of reformers, merit consideration. This paper analyses important aspects of the early management and social structure of the RI and examines the inner workings of the institution. It shows how and why the Library, its most valuable financial asset, and its celebrated Laboratory, developed along distinctive lines, each with its own support structures and intra-institutional interests. While acknowledging the roles traditionally ascribed to Count Rumford and Sir Joseph Banks, the paper highlights the contributions of other early patrons such as Thomas Bernard, son of a colonial governor of Massachusetts, and Earl Spencer, a leading European bibliophile and RI President from 1813 to 1825. The promotion of a Bill in Parliament in 1810, designed to transform the RI from a proprietary body politic into a corporation of members, and the subsequent framing of the bye-laws, provided opportunities to establish a more democratic structure of elected committees for the conduct of science.

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