Hugh Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Professor of Chemistry, University College, Dundee | |
| In office 1908 – 5 September 1913 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1868 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 5 September 1913 (aged 45) London, England |
| Occupation | Chemist |
Hugh Marshall (7 January 1868 – 5 September 1913) was a Scottish chemist who discovered persulphates in 1891.[1] He was the inventor of Marshall's acid.[2] In 1902 he proposed the modified sign of equality which became standard in chemistry to represent dynamic equilibrium.[3]
- ^ Dobbin, Leonard (1 October 1913). "Prof. Hugh Marshall, F.R.S". Nature. 92 (2292): 138–139. doi:10.1038/092138a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ Senning, Alexander (30 October 2006). Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology: The Whys and Whences of Chemical Nomenclature and Terminology. ISBN 9780080488813.
- ^ Marshall, Hugh (1902). "Suggested Modifications of the Sign of Equality for Use in Chemical Notation". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 24: 85–87. doi:10.1017/S0370164600007720. Retrieved 9 November 2018.