John Mason Ward (1921-2014) was a British chemist and was president of the

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Ro ...

(RSC) from 1988 to 1990. He began his career at North Fleet Paper Mills in 1937 as an industrial chemist. In 1948 he received a degree in chemistry from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

and went on to work as a chemist in the power industry. He became head of chemistry at the now defunct Central Electricity Research Laboratory (CERL) in 1962. There he, together with his team, investigated all aspects of the chemistry of power generation from corrosion problems in power station boilers to environmental pollutants in flue gases. He was awarded th
Esso gold medal
ref> in recognition of his work on energy conservation research in 1977, the year he retired from CERL. He died age 92 in 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, John Mason 2014 deaths British chemists Presidents of the Royal Society of Chemistry Alumni of the University of London 1921 births