Henry Edward Armstrong

Henry Edward Armstrong
Henry Edward Armstrong as a young man
Born6 May 1848
Died13 July 1937 (aged 89)
Lewisham, London, England
NationalityBritish
AwardsDavy Medal (1911)
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Doctoral advisorHermann Kolbe
Doctoral studentsMartin Lowry

Henry Edward Armstrong FRS[1] FRSE (Hon) (6 May 1848 – 13 July 1937) was a British chemist. Although Armstrong was active in many areas of scientific research, such as the chemistry of naphthalene derivatives, he is remembered today largely for his ideas and work on the teaching of science. Armstrong's acid is named for him.[2]

  1. ^ a b Keeble, F. W. (1941). "Henry Edward Armstrong. 1848–1937". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (9): 229–245. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0001. S2CID 162018573.
  2. ^ Senning, Alexander (2007). Elsevier's dictionary of chemoetymology. Elsevier. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-444-52239-9.