Image by sunnyluo on Pixabay · Pixabay License
OverviewAI-generated
Edward Frankland was a British chemist, born on 18 January 1825 in Lancaster. He was educated at the University of Marburg, where Robert Bunsen was his doctoral advisor, and worked at Imperial College London. He worked in the field of chemistry and contributed to Popular Science. His child was Percy F. Frankland.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He received the Copley Medal, the Royal Medal and the Royal Society Bakerian Medal. He died on 9 August 1899 in Gudbrandsdalen, and was buried in England.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1825-01-18 ) 18 January 1825, Catterall , Lancashire , England
- Died
- 9 August 1899 (1899-08-09) (aged 74), Gålå , Gudbrandsdal , Norway
- Occupation
- Research chemist
- Known for
- Pioneer in water analysis, Discoverer of the principle of valency in chemistry, Organometallic chemistry , Organotin chemistry
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Lancaster
- Place of death
- Gudbrandsdalen
- Child
- Percy F. Frankland
- Occupation
- chemist
- Employer
- Imperial College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert Bunsen
- Student of
- Robert Bunsen
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Edward Frankland.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- Edward Frankland
- date of birth
- 1825-01-18
- date of death
- 1899-08-09
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- England
- writing language
- English language
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- P8168
- Sulitjelma Line
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Sir Edward Frankland, KCB, FRS, FRSE (18 January 1825 – 9 August 1899) was an English chemist. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry and introduced the concept of combining power or valence.
An expert in water quality and analysis, he was a member of the second royal commission on the pollution of rivers, and studied London's water quality for decades. He established the then revolutionary possibility of biological treatment of sewage using a contact bed to oxidize the waste. This concept was taken up by the chief chemist for the London Metropolitan Board of Works, William Dibdin, in 1887.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edward Frankland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.