Augustus George Vernon Harcourt

Augustus George Vernon Harcourt
A. G. Vernon Harcourt
Born(1834-12-24)24 December 1834
London, England
Died23 August 1919(1919-08-23) (aged 84)
St Clare, Isle of Wight, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Known forChemical kinetics, iodine clock reaction
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
Institutions Christ Church, Oxford
Doctoral advisorSir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Baronet[1]
Doctoral studentsSir John Conroy[1]

Augustus George Vernon Harcourt FRS (24 December 1834 – 23 August 1919) was an English chemist who spent his career at Oxford University. He was one of the first scientists to do quantitative work in the field of chemical kinetics. His uncle, William Vernon Harcourt (1789–1871), founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

  1. ^ a b "Academic Genealogy of the NDSU Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" (PDF). North Dakota State University, USA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2012.