| LC control no. | n 82048883 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Laboratory of the Government Chemist (Great Britain) |
| Variant(s) | Great Britain. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Laboratory of the Government Chemist Great Britain. Ministry of Technology. Laboratory of the Government Chemist Great Britain. Department of Industry. Laboratory of the Government Chemist Great Britain. Department of Trade and Industry. Laboratory of the Government Chemist Great Britain. Laboratory of the Government Chemist LGC (Laboratory of the Government Chemist) London. Laboratory of the Government Chemist LGC (Teddington) Ltd. |
| See also | Predecessor: Great Britain. Department of the Government Chemist Successor: LGC (Analytical laboratory) |
| Biography/History note | The Laboratory of the Government Chemist was privatised in 1996; it was renamed LGC although this name was not in general use until 1998. |
| Beginning date | 1959 |
| Ending date | 1998 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | London (England) |
| Located | Teddington (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Analytical chemistry |
| Found in | The Development and use ... 1979: t.p. (Laboratory of the Government Chemist) p. 2 of cover (research est. of Dept. of Industry, loc. in London) Report of the Government Chemist, 1958/1959: at head of t.p. (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Laboratory of the Government Chemist) p.1 (on 1st July 1959 responsibility for the Department of the Government Chemist was transferred from H.M. Treasury, and the Department was renamed "Laboratory of the Government Chemist") p.3 (a D.S.I.R. Station) Its Annual report and accounts 1991/1992: t.p. (Laboratory of the Government Chemist) p.32 (in 1959 the Laboratory became part of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR); five years later it moved from Clements's Inn to Cornwall House, [Stamford Street], in Waterloo; DSIR was dissolved in 1965 and the Laboratory moved to the Ministry of Technology (1965-70), then to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) from 1970-74, the Department of Industry (1974-1983), then back to the DTI from 1983 onwards; in 1989 the Laboratory became an Executive agency within DTI, having moved to Teddington the previous year) MAFF project no: 2B 067, Oct. 1997: t.p. (Laboratory of the Government Chemist; Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LY; LGC (Teddington) Limited trading as Laboratory of the Government Chemist) Hardcastle, W.A. Qualitative analysis, c1998: t.p. (Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Teddington, UK; LGC [in old logo]) t.p. verso (LGC (Teddington) Limited) MAFF Project LGC/FA/1998/002: cover (LGC) p.4 of cover (LGC [new logo], Queens Road, Teddington) |
| Associated language | eng |
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