He lectured in chemistry at the South Eastern Agricultural College at Wye, until 1939. During World War II, he conducted research at Long Ashton Research Station, at the University of Bristol. After the war, he was Head of the Chemistry Department and the Chair of Agricultural Chemistry at Wye College.
He was Honorary Director of the Unit on Plant Growth Substances and Selective Fungicides at Wye. He lectured at University of Kent at Canterbury where he was Honorary Professor in 1977.[2]
ralph, louis, wain, 1911, hyde, cheshire, december, 2000, canterbury, british, agricultural, chemist, frsborn, 1911, 1911hyde, cheshire, englanddied14, december, 2000, 2000, aged, canterbury, englandnationalitybritishalma, matersheffield, hallam, universitysci. Ralph Louis Wain CBE FRS 29 May 1911 Hyde Cheshire 14 December 2000 Canterbury was a British agricultural chemist 1 CBE FRSRalph Louis WainBornRalph Louis Wain 1911 05 11 11 May 1911Hyde Cheshire EnglandDied14 December 2000 2000 12 14 aged 89 Canterbury EnglandNationalityBritishAlma materSheffield Hallam UniversityScientific careerFieldsChemistryInstitutionsWye College He read Chemistry at the University of Sheffield on scholarship and with first class honours degree and a Master of Science and PhD He was advised by G M Bennett citation needed He lectured in chemistry at the South Eastern Agricultural College at Wye until 1939 During World War II he conducted research at Long Ashton Research Station at the University of Bristol After the war he was Head of the Chemistry Department and the Chair of Agricultural Chemistry at Wye College He was Honorary Director of the Unit on Plant Growth Substances and Selective Fungicides at Wye He lectured at University of Kent at Canterbury where he was Honorary Professor in 1977 2 He was married and had two children 3 Awards edit1988 Mullard Medal Royal Society 1977 Actonian Award of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 1960 Research Medal of the Royal Agricultural Society 1963 John Scott International AwardWorks edit Chemotherapy for plant diseases The New Scientist January 7 1960 Vol 7 No 164 ISSN 0262 4079References edit Fowden L 2002 Ralph Louis Wain C B E 29 May 1911 14 December 2000 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 48 439 458 doi 10 1098 rsbm 2002 0026 Professor R L Wain The Independent Frank Taylor 10 January 2001 New Scientist January 7 1960 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ralph Louis Wain amp oldid 1181841654, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
