University Chairs in Chemistry
Baxter Chair of Chemistry
The Baxter Chair of Chemistry was instituted in the newly formed University College Dundee in 1881 as part of the original donation from Mary Ann Baxter and her cousin John Boyd Baxter. It was given its present title in 1955.
Previous holders of the Chair:
1882-1888 Thomas Carnelley
1888-1894 Percy Faraday Frankland
1894-1908 James Walker
1908-1913 Hugh Marshall
1914-1938 Alexander McKenzie
1938-1947 William Francis Kenrick Wynne-Jones
1948-1954 Douglas Hugh Everett
1955-1976 Arthur Donald Walsh
1980-2001 Colin Herbert Rochester
2018- Paul Wyatt
Roscoe Chair of Chemistry
The Roscoe Chair of Chemistry was instituted in Queens College Dundee (University of St Andrews) as a second Chair in the Department of Chemistry in 1964. The Chair was named after chemist Sir Henry Roscoe (former Principal of Owens College, Manchester and later Vice-Chancellor of University of London). Professor Thomas Carnelley had been a student of Roscoe’s in Manchester. Sir Henry Roscoe was also a member of the University College Dundee Council from 1882 to 1915.
Previous holders of the Chair:
1964-1969 John Tedder
1969-2002 John Stuart Brimacombe
2018- Ian Gilbert
Sources: St Andrews University Calendar 1966-67, University of Dundee Calendar 2005-2007, University of Dundee Contact Magazine Feb 1999.