Sir Harold Hartley
| Sir Harold Brewer Hartley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 September 1878 London, England |
| Died | 9 September 1972 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Physical chemistry, mineralogical chemistry |
| Institutions | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | Sir John Conroy |
| Doctoral students |
E. J. Bowen Cyril Hinshelwood |
| Known for | "physical and mineralogical chemistry, including electrical conductivity, ionisation, and electrolytic equilibria in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions" |
| Notable awards |
Wilhelm Exner Medal (1937) Hoover Medal (1968) |
Brigadier General Sir Harold Brewer Hartley GCVO, CH, CBE, MC, FRS (3 September 1878 – 9 September 1972) was a British physical chemist. He moved from academia to important positions in business and industry.
He was the only child of the collector and bibliophile Harold T. Hartley (1851–1943). His mother died in 1884 when he was a young child and his father later remarried. The future academic was educated at Dulwich College, and Balliol College, Oxford. As a tutor at Balliol, he supervised the research of Edmund Bowen and Cyril Hinshelwood.
Hartley served in the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 Birthday Honours. He was Bedford Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, at Balliol College, University of Oxford. He was knighted in 1928, made KCVO in 1944, GCVO in 1957 and Companion of Honour in 1967.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1926. His candidacy citation read:
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