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Now largely forgotten, Henry Enfield Roscoe was one of the most prominent chemists and educational reformers in Victorian Britain. His contributions include transforming Owens College into Victoria University, now the University of Manchester, campaigning for the reform of technical education, serving as the Liberal MP for South Manchester, and cofounding the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine. In this detailed biography, authors Morris and Reed provide a timely and original contribution to the history of nineteenth-century British science and its relation to education, industry, and government policy, highlighting Roscoe's significant legacy as one of the leading scientists of his generation.
List of contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations Used
- 1. Who Was Henry Enfield Roscoe?
- 2. Of Lancastrian Stock and the Formative Years
- 3. Finding His Niche
- 4. Seeing the Light
- 5. From Instability to Stability
- 6. Creating a Civic University
- 7. Flying the Flag for Chemistry in Cottonopolis
- 8. Academia Driving Economic Progress
- 9. Securing Britain's Economic Future
- 10. A Chemist in the House
- 11. An Active Retirement
- 12. Roscoe's Legacy
- Bibliography of Henry E. Roscoe's Publications
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Peter J.T. Morris took a chemistry degree at Oxford and then a D.Phil. on the development of synthetic rubber by the German combine IG Farben. After working in the History of Chemistry Research Group at the Open University with Colin Russell and at the Centre for the History of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania with Arnold Thackray, he oversaw the chemistry collections at the Science Museum in London for 24 years before retiring in 2015. He was given the Edelstein Award of the American Chemical Society in 2006 and the Wheeler Award by the Royal Society of Chemistry's Historical Group in 2013.
Peter Reed gained a BSc degree at the University of London and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Leicester. He was Head of Chemistry at the Grammar School, Henley on Thames, before spending twenty-three years working for the museums in Liverpool. He retired in 1998 as Head of the Development Office for National Museums and Galleries of Merseyside, and then
undertook consultancy work for the Canadian company ARIUS-3D, the European Commission and EUCLID (Liverpool), and was project manager for the Carpet Museum in Kidderminster.
