BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 



1852 William Kamsay, born 2nd October at Queen's Crescent, 

 Glasgow, the only child of William Kamsay and Catherine 

 Robertson. 



1863 Joined the Third Latin Class of the Glasgow Academy. 



1866 Entered the University in November. 



1869 Entered R. K. Tatlock's laboratory, attending at the same 



time lectures at the University on Physics, Chemistry, 

 Anatomy and Geology. 



1870 In Bunsen's laboratory at Heidelberg. 



1871 Easter, proceeded to Tubingen. 



1872 August, returned to Glasgow, and appointed Assistant in 



the Young Laboratory of Technical Chemistry. 

 1874 Appointed Tutorial Assistant in Glasgow University under 



Professor John Ferguson. 



First independent paper (Journ. Chem. Soc. p. 857), " On 

 Hydrogen Persulphide." 



1880 Professor of Chemistry, University College, Bristol. 



1 881 Principal of the CoUege. 



Married, August, to Margaret, daughter of George Stevenson 



Buchanan. 



1883 First paper of series jointly with Dr. Sydney Young. 

 1887 Professor of Chemistry, University College, London. 



1894 Isolation and study of argon in association with Lord Ray- 



leigh. 



1895 Discovery of terrestrial helium. 



Awarded the Davy Medal by the Royal Society. 

 1897 President of the Chemical Section of the British Association 



at Toronto. 

 Awarded the Longstaf? Medal by the Chemical Society. 



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