Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
| Prof Dr Salimuzzaman Siddiqui | |
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| Born |
19 October 1897 Lucknow, British Uttar Pradesh British Indian Empire |
| Died | 14 April 1994 (aged 96) Karachi, Sindh Province |
| Residence | Karachi, Sindh |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions |
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSI) H.E.J Institute of Chemistry Karachi University Pakistan Academy of Sciences |
| Alma mater |
Aligarh Muslim University University College London Frankfurt University |
| Doctoral advisor | Julius Von Bram |
| Known for | Research in Natural products Chemical constituents of Neem |
| Notable awards |
Fellow of the Royal Society Hilal-e-Imtiaz MBE Pride of Performance Sitara-e-Imtiaz Tamgha-e-Pakistan |
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (Urdu: سلیم الزّماں صدّیقی [səˈliːmʊzzəmɑːn sɪˈd̪d̪iːqi]; 19 October 1897 – 14 April 1994), HI, MBE, SI, DPhil, FPAS, FRS was a Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry.
Siddiqui studied philosophy at Aligarh Muslim University and later studied chemistry at Frankfurt University, where he received as PhD in 1927. On return to British India, he worked at the Tibbia College Delhi and the Indian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. He later moved to Pakistan and worked in the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and went on to establish the Pakistan National Science Council and was appointed as its first chairman in 1961. In the same year he became the Fellow of the Royal Society. He later also co-founded Pakistan Academy of Sciences, and after retirement from the government he founded the Hussain Ebrahim Jamal Research Institute of Chemistry.
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