Martin Lowry

Thomas Martin Lowry
Lowry, c. 1910
Born(1874-10-26)26 October 1874
Died2 November 1936(1936-11-02) (aged 62)
NationalityBritish
Known forBrønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
Doctoral advisorHenry Edward Armstrong

Thomas Martin Lowry CBE FRS[1] (/ˈlri/; 26 October 1874 – 2 November 1936) was an English physical chemist who developed the Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory simultaneously with and independently of Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and was a founder-member and president (1928–1930) of the Faraday Society.[2]

  1. ^ a b Pope, W. J. (1938). "Thomas Martin Lowry. 1874-1936". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (6): 287–293. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1938.0009.
  2. ^ Wilsmore, N. T. M.; Pope, W. J.; Calcott, W. S.; Edwards, F. W.; More, A. (1937). "Obituary notices: John Kenneth Harold Inglis, 1877–1935; Thomas Martin Lowry, 1874–1936; Camille Matignon, 1867–1934; Julius Arthur Nieuwland, 1878–1936; P. A. Ellis Richards, 1868–1936; Percy Richard Sanders, 1875–1937". Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed): 700. doi:10.1039/JR9370000700.