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Sir Robert Mond
Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, FRS, FRSE (9 September 1867 – 22 October 1938) was a British chemist and archaeologist. Early life and education Mond was born at Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire, the elder son of Ludwig Mond, a chemist and industrialist. He was educated at Cheltenham College, Peterhouse, Cambridge (BA 1888, MA 1892), Zurich Polytechnic, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. At Glasgow he studied under William Thomson.Greenaway, Frank'Mond family ( 1867–1973)' ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, retrieved 9 March 2007. Chemistry Mond collaborated with his father in the discovery of the gaseous compound nickel carbonyl. He perfected the industrial production of iron carbonyl, and discovered the first derivative of a metallic carbonyl (cobalt nitroso-carbonyl) and a new ruthenium carbonyl. For a time he made trials of scientific farming. Following his father's heritage he became a director of Brunner Mond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farnworth, Widnes
Farnworth is part of the town of Widnes which is in the Borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire and Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, England. A village between Prescot and Penketh, its name is now that of an Ward (politics), electoral ward in the Borough of Halton with a population in 2004 of 6,300. History The name Farnworth derives from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon word ''fearn'' or fern and ''weorthig'', meaning farm or estate, and it therefore means "fern-farm". The village was established on higher ground to the north of the River Mersey and was for many years an isolated community. The earliest documentary evidence relating to the village is a charter dated 1352 when Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Henry, Duke of Lancaster established a Court baron, halmote court for the Manorialism, manor of Widnes. The origins of the village are unknown. A chapel had been founded in the village about 1180 which was dedicated to Wilfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
