Arthur Hutchinson (6 July 1866 – 12 December 1937) was a British
mineralogist
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.
During
World War I
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, and at the request of the
Admiralty
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, he was asked to design gas masks suitable for the Navy; for his work, he was awarded the
OBE.
Hutchinson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1922.
He was master of
Pembroke College, Cambridge
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, from 1928 to 1937,
served on the Council of the
Royal Society
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from 1932 to 1934, and was the
Society
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's Vice-President for the year 1933-34.
Life
Hutchinson was born in London on 6 July 1866.
His father was George Hutchinson of Woodside, Westmorland, and his mother was Deborah Richardson of Culgaith in Cumberland.
He was educated at
Clifton College
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and
Christ's College, Cambridge
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, where he obtained first classes in both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos, taking Part II in Chemistry with Mineralogy as a subsidiary subject in 1888.
He took his PhD on a chemical thesis 'On the reduction of aromatic amides'.
During
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, and at the request of the Admiralty, he was asked to design gas masks suitable for the Navy; for his work, he was awarded the
OBE.
Hutchinson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1922.
He was master of
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...
, from 1928 to 1937,
served on the Council of the
Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...
from 1932 to 1934, and was a vice-president for the year 1933-34.
Hutchinson and his wife entertained
Gandhi
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at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Arthur Hutchinson is buried in the
Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge, with his wife Evaline Hutchinson, the sister of
Sir Arthur Shipley GBE FRS, who lived from 1864 to 1960. Their son was
G. Evelyn Hutchinson, also an academic and considered to be the founder of
Limnology
Limnology ( ; from Greek λίμνη, ''limne'', "lake" and λόγος, ''logos'', "knowledge") is the study of inland aquatic ecosystems.
The study of limnology includes aspects of the biological, chemical, physical, and geological characteristi ...
.
Notes
References
* ‘HUTCHINSON, Arthur’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
accessed 28 Feb 2013*
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External links
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1866 births
1937 deaths
Masters of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Fellows of the Royal Society
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
British mineralogists
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
People educated at Clifton College
Professors of Mineralogy (Cambridge)