Ronald George Wreyford Norrish made a career in science at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Ronald George Wreyford Norrish as British chemist.
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish was born at Cambridge in 1897. His recorded nationality is the United Kingdom. He was educated at Emmanuel College.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as chemist and university teacher.
His affiliations include University of Cambridge.
Science advances when somebody insists on measuring what everyone else assumed.
His recorded fields of work are chemistry.
His work was formally recognised with the Fellow of the Royal Society, Liversidge Award and doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris.
Working from the United Kingdom shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish died in 1978, aged 81. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Affiliated with University of Cambridge
- Educated at Emmanuel College
- Worked as chemist and university teacher
