Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professor of Chemistry
The Yusuf Hamied 1702 Chair of Chemistry is one of the senior professorships at the University of Cambridge, based in the Department of Chemistry. [1]
History
    
Founded in 1702 by the university as simply 'Professor of Chemistry', it was retitled as the Professorship of Organic Chemistry in 1943, and in 1991 was renamed after a benefaction from the oil company British Petroleum. In recognition of a donation from Yusuf Hamied, in 2018 the professorship was renamed the Yusuf Hamied 1702 Chair of Chemistry.[2][3]
Professors of Chemistry
    
- Giovanni Francisco Vigani (1703–1713)
 - John Waller (1713–1718)
 - John Mickleburgh (1718–1756)
 - John Hadley (1756–1764)
 - Richard Watson (1764–1771)
 - Isaac Pennington (1773–1793)
 - William Farish (1794–1813)
 - Smithson Tennant (1813–1815)
 - James Cumming (1815–1861)
 - George Downing Liveing (1861–1908)[4]
 - William Jackson Pope (1908–1939)[5]
 
Professors of Organic Chemistry
    
- Alexander Robertus Todd (1944–1971)[6]
 - Ralph Alexander Raphael (1972–1988)[7]
 - Alan Rushton Battersby (1988–1992)[8]
 
BP Professors of Organic Chemistry
    
- Steven V. Ley (1992–2019)[9]
 
References
    
- Archer, Mary D.; Haley, Christopher D. (2005), The 1702 chair of chemistry at Cambridge: transformation and change, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521828732
 - "Giving a new name to our oldest Chair". Department of Chemistry. University of Cambridge. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
 - "Approval of Graces submitted to the Regent House on 7 November 2018". Cambridge University Reporter (6527). 21 November 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
 - Pope, W. J. (1925). "Dr. G. D. Liveing, F.R.S". Nature. 115 (2882): 127. doi:10.1038/115127a0.
 - Gibson, C. S. (1941). "Sir William Jackson Pope. 1870–1939". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (9): 291. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0004. JSTOR 768891.
 - Brown, D. M.; Kornberg, H. (2000). "Alexander Robertus Todd, O.M., Baron Todd of Trumpington. 2 October 1907 -- 10 January 1997: Elected F.R.S. 1942". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 515. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0099.
 - Crombie, L. (2000). "Ralph Alexander Raphael, C.B.E. 1 January 1921 - 27 April 1998: Elected F.R.S. 1962". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 465. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0096.
 - "BATTERSBY, Sir Alan (Rushton)". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
 - "LEY, Prof. Steven Victor". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
 - "New incumbent for our oldest Chair". Department of Chemistry. University of Cambridge. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
 - "Elections". Cambridge University Reporter (6554). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
 
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