Ian Heilbron
| Sir Ian Heilbron | |
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| Born |
Isidor Morris 6 November 1886 |
| Died | 14 September 1959 (aged 72) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
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Sir Ian Morris Heilbron DSO FRS (6 November 1886 – 14 September 1959) was a Scottish chemist, who pioneered organic chemistry developed for therapeutic and industrial use.
Heilbron was born in Glasgow on 6 November 1886 and was educated at Glasgow High School and then the Royal Technical College. Following an award of a Carnegie Fellowship he went to the University of Leipzig to study under Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch.
During the Second World War from 1939 to 1942 he worked as a scientific advisor to the Department of Scientific Research in the Ministry of Supply, after 1942 he became a scientific advisor to the Ministry of Production.
In recognition of his work during war he was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 1946 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1931. The American Chemical Society honored him with its highest prize, the Priestley Medal, in 1945.
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