Irvine Masson

Irvine Masson
Born
James Irvine Orme Masson

(1887-09-03)3 September 1887
Died22 October 1962(1962-10-22) (aged 75)
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Sheffield

Sir James Irvine Orme Masson FRS[1] FRSE MBE LLD (3 September 1887 – 22 October 1962), generally known as Irvine Masson, was an Australian-born chemist of Scots descent who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield from 1938 to 1953.[2] He is usually referred to in documents as J. I. O. Masson.

  1. ^ a b Haworth, R. D.; Lamberton, A. H. (1963). "James Irvine Orme Masson 1887-1962". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 9: 205–221. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1963.0011.
  2. ^ "Masson, Sir David Orme (1858–1937)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38283. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)