Kennedy J. P. Orton

Kennedy Joseph Previté Orton
Born21 January 1872
St. Leonard's on Sea
Died16 March 1930
Bangor
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical Organic Chemistry

Kennedy Joseph Previté-Orton (21 January 1872 – 16 March 1930) was a British chemist who became a lecturer and demonstrator at St Bartholomew's Hospital and then became a professor at Bangor. He was also a keen climber, amateur geologist, ornithologist and bird conservationist.[1]

  1. ^ Shorter, John (1998). "Some pioneers of the kinetics and mechanism of organic reactions". Chemical Society Reviews. 27 (5): 355. doi:10.1039/a827355z. ISSN 0306-0012.