| LC control no. | n 50018992 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Williams, Trevor I., 1921-1996 |
| Variant(s) | Williams, Trevor I. (Trevor Illtyd) Williams, Trevor Illtyd |
| Biography/History note | B.A., B.Sc., D.Phil. |
| Birth date | 1921-07-16 |
| Death date | 1996-10-12 |
| Place of birth | Clifton (Bristol, England) |
| Place of death | Oxford (England) |
| Field of activity | Chemistry Technology Chemical industry Science--History Chemistry--History |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Historians of science |
| Found in | His An introduction to chromatography, 1946. His A history of the British gas industry, 1981: t.p. (Trevor I. Williams) Contemp. au., v. 109 (Williams, Trevor Illtyd; b. 7/16/21) Williams, Trevor I. A short history of twentieth-century technology, 1982: title page (Trevor I. Williams) Science Museum Group website viewed Jun. 30, 2022 (Williams, Trevor Illtyd 1921 - 1996, writer and historian of science ; Trevor Illtyd Williams was born at 12 Cotham Road, Clifton, Bristol on the 16th July 1921 ; He was educated at Clifton College followed by Queen's College, Oxford studying chemistry ; Williams was awarded a DPhil in chemistry in 1945 as a result of his research on the isolation of helvolic acid and other antibiotics ; He published An Introduction to Chromatography in 1946 ; Williams became editor of Endeavour (a broadly based scientific journal) in 1954 until his retirement in 1995 ; He converted Endeavour from a semi-popular magazine into a respected scientific journal ; As an employee of ICI [Imperial Chemical Industries] he became managing editor of the ICI-sponsored A History of Technology, published by Oxford University Press in five volumes between 1954 and 1958 ; Williams was also made academic relations adviser by ICI in 1962 ; Williams became an author of several semi-popular works on the history of chemistry and the chemical industry ; His most important contribution to the history of science was to edit the Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, which went through four editions between 1968 and 1994 ; He served as chairman of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry between 1967 and 1974 ; For his services to the history of chemistry Williams received the American Chemical Society's Dexter award in 1976 ; He was appointed to the advisory council of the Science Museum, London in 1972 and remained a keen member until it was replaced by a board of trustees in 1984 ; Williams had four sons and one daughter ; He died at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, on 12 October 1996) <https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/ap20660/williams-trevor-illtyd> |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 83312478 |
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