Catalogue description Catalogue of papers and correspondence relating to ALFRED RENE JEAN PAUL UBBELOHDE FRS (1907 - 1988)

The papers consist of letters, narratives and addresses which often contain recollections of or information about Ubbelohde additional to those directly quoted in the published text. There are both original letters or typescripts and photocopies.

Compiled by Peter Harper and Timothy E. Powell

The work of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, and the production of this catalogue are made possible by the support of the following societies and organisations:

E P Abraham Cephalosporin Fund

The British Library

British Telecom plc

The Geological Society

The Institute of Physics

The Royal Society

The Royal Society of Chemistry

The Society of Chemical Industry

The Wellcome Trust

The Wolfson Foundation

We are very grateful to Professor Weinberg for making the material available for cataloguing.

Ubbelohde, Alfred Rene Jean Paul, 1907-1988, chemical engineer

The material was received in May 1989 from Professor F J Weinberg FRS who had assembled it while preparing his Memoir for the Royal Society.

SUMMARY OF THE CAREER OF A R J P UBBELOHDE

b. 1907 Antwerp

1920-26 St Paul's School

1926-30 Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford

1931-33 Senior Scholar of Christ Church Research in Department of Thermodynamics, Oxford 1931-32 spent at Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Göttingen (A. Eucken).

1933-35 Senior Research Award DSIR Research in Department of Thermodynamics, Oxford

1936-40 Dewar Fellow of the Royal Institution

1940-45 Principal Experimental Officer, Ministry of Supply

1945-54 Professor of Chemistry, Queen's University, Belfast

1951 Election to Fellowship of the Royal Society

1954-75 Professor of Thermodynamics, University of London (Imperial College)

1961-75 Head of Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Imperial College

1961 Conferral of CBE

1975-88 Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College