Alexander Charles CummingOBEFRSEFIC (12 August 1880 – 28 September 1940), usually credited as A. C. Cumming, was an Australian analytical chemist and textbook author.
Cumming was born in Melbourne, Australia on 12 August 1880. He attended Caulfield Grammar School. He attended the University of Melbourne graduating BSc in 1902 and obtaining a DSc in 1905.[1] In 1908 he went to Edinburgh in Scotland to lecture in chemistry, later technical chemistry, at the University of Edinburgh. At that time he is listed as living at 16 Kilmaurs Terrace, just off Dalkeith Road in south-west Edinburgh.[2]
In the First World War he was involved in the manufacture of TNT at the Lothian Chemical Company on Broughton Road, then moved to HM Explosives Factory at Craigleith on the west side of the city. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1918 Birthday Honours for his war work.[3]
In 1921, he left Edinburgh and university life for employment in Macfie & Sons Sugar Refinery in Liverpool, and within three years he was managing director of the company.
He retired to Wales in 1938 and died there of heart failure on a shooting trip on 28 September 1940.[4]
Publicationsedit
On the Potential Due to Liquid Contact (1913)
The Manufacture of Acids and Alkalis (1924)
The Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid (1925)
A Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis
Practical Chemistry for Medical Students
An Old Minute Book - The Edinburgh Sugarhouse Co 1763 to 1773
alexander, charles, cumming, frse, august, 1880, september, 1940, usually, credited, cumming, australian, analytical, chemist, textbook, author, contents, biography, publications, also, references, external, linksbiography, editcumming, born, melbourne, austra. Alexander Charles Cumming OBE FRSE FIC 12 August 1880 28 September 1940 usually credited as A C Cumming was an Australian analytical chemist and textbook author Contents 1 Biography 2 Publications 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography editCumming was born in Melbourne Australia on 12 August 1880 He attended Caulfield Grammar School He attended the University of Melbourne graduating BSc in 1902 and obtaining a DSc in 1905 1 In 1908 he went to Edinburgh in Scotland to lecture in chemistry later technical chemistry at the University of Edinburgh At that time he is listed as living at 16 Kilmaurs Terrace just off Dalkeith Road in south west Edinburgh 2 In May 1914 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh His proposers were Sir James Walker Leonard Dobbin Alexander Lauder and William Cramer 1 In the First World War he was involved in the manufacture of TNT at the Lothian Chemical Company on Broughton Road then moved to HM Explosives Factory at Craigleith on the west side of the city He was awarded the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 1918 Birthday Honours for his war work 3 In 1921 he left Edinburgh and university life for employment in Macfie amp Sons Sugar Refinery in Liverpool and within three years he was managing director of the company He retired to Wales in 1938 and died there of heart failure on a shooting trip on 28 September 1940 4 Publications editOn the Potential Due to Liquid Contact 1913 The Manufacture of Acids and Alkalis 1924 The Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid 1925 A Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis Practical Chemistry for Medical Students An Old Minute Book The Edinburgh Sugarhouse Co 1763 to 1773See also editList of Caulfield Grammar School peopleReferences edit a b Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 2002 PDF Royal Society of Edinburgh Archived from the original PDF on 24 January 2013 Retrieved 22 December 2015 Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911 12 No 30730 The London Gazette Supplement 7 June 1918 p 6698 Dr A C Cumming Death On Shooting Trip In Wales Daily Post Old Mersey Times 1 October 1940 Retrieved 30 January 2016 External links editWorks by or about Alexander Charles Cumming at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexander Charles Cumming amp oldid 1170315331, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
