Herbert Jackson (chemist)

Sir Herbert Jackson KBE, FRS (1863–1936) was a British chemist. He was knighted for his work on heat-resisting and optical glasses for military use in the First World War.^[1]

Herbert Jackson

Jackson was born in Hampstead, London, on 17 March 1863. He studied at King's College, London from 1879, becoming Professor of Organic Chemistry in 1905. In 1914 he became Daniell Professor of Chemistry. During the War he worked for the Optical Munitions and Glassware Department (OMGD) of the Ministry of Munitions.^[2] In 1918 he resigned his Professorship to become the Director of Research of the British Scientific Instrument Research Association.

He died on 10 December 1936^[3] and is buried at the parish church of Hampstead.^[4]

Research

In 1896, a year after Röntgen's discovery of X-rays, Jackson demonstrated to the Royal Society an X-ray tube that became the model for all gas-type X-ray tubes.

In 1907 he presented to the Royal Society of Arts his research on detergents and bleaching agents used in the laundry industry.

References

1. Moore, H., "Sir Herbert Jackson 1863–1936", Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, accessed 2014-06-30
2. Winter, J.M. (ed.), War and Economic Development: Essays in Memory of David Joslin, accessed on Google Books 2014-06-30
3. "Sir Herbert Jackson, K.B.E., F.R.S.", British Institute of Radiology, accessed 2014-06-30
4. "Sir Herbert Jackson (1863 - 1936)", Tomb With a View, accessed 2014-06-30