Frank Greenaway (9 July 1917 – 16 June 2013) was Keeper of

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at the

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. He authored a number of books and papers on the

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.Frank Greenaway,
Chymica Acta: An Autobiographical Memoir
', Jeremy Mills Publishing, 2007. Autobiography/Festschrift. Contributors: Frank Greenaway, Robert Anderson, Peter J.T. Morris, Derek Robinson. . Launched at
meeting
of the

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held at the

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on 10 December 2007. Frank Greenaway studied Chemistry at Jesus College,

. He was invalided out of the

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and subsequently taught in

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, where he met his wife, Miranda (1916–2008). They had four children. Greenaway lived in

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

for most of his career as a

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at the Science Museum in London and a leading

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, specializing in chemistry. He retired to

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Selected work

Books

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John Dalton and the Atom
',

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, 1966. . *
Chemical Laboratories and Apparatus to 1850
',

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, 1966. Part 1 of a 4-part series. *
Chemistry
', Science Museum, HMSO, 1968.

Papers

* History of Chemistry, ''

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'', 219(5152), pp. 415–416, 1968.
Platinum Metals in the Development of Analytical Chemistry
''

Platinum Metals Review ''Johnson Matthey Technology Review'', known as ''Platinum Metals Review'' before 2014, is a quarterly, peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing reports on scientific research on the platinum group metals and related industrial developments. Hi ...

'', 18(3), pp. 104–108, July 1974.
Analytical chemistry in modern society: 200 years of development
''

Analytical Chemistry Analytical chemistry studies and uses instruments and methods to separate, identify, and quantify matter. In practice, separation, identification or quantification may constitute the entire analysis or be combined with another method. Separati ...

'', 48(2), pp. 148a–154a., 1976. . *
A personal encounter with French chemistry: the 1950 French Scientific Instrument Exhibition at the Science Museum
', 2001.
From classical to modern chemistry: the instrumental revolution
''

Chemistry & Industry The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) is a learned society set up in 1881 "to further the application of chemistry and related sciences for the public benefit". Offices The society's headquarters is in Belgrave Square, London. There are semi-in ...

'', 6 January 2003.

References

1917 births 2013 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War II English curators Historians of science English chemists English science writers People associated with the Science Museum, London {{UK-historian-stub