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| ISBN13: | 9780190844257 |
| ISBN10: | 0190844256 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 352 pages |
| Size: | 241x165x27 mm |
| Weight: | 635 g |
| Language: | English |
| 700 |
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Henry Enfield Roscoe
The Campaigning Chemist
Publisher: OUP USA
Date of Publication: 7 May 2024
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Short description:
Now largely forgotten, Henry Enfield Roscoe was one of the most prominent chemists and educational reformers in Victorian Britain. His contributions include transforming Owens College into Victoria University, now the University of Manchester, campaigning for the reform of technical education, serving as the Liberal MP for South Manchester, and cofounding the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine. In this detailed biography, authors Morris and Reed provide a timely and original contribution to the history of nineteenth-century British science and its relation to education, industry, and government policy, highlighting Roscoe's significant legacy as one of the leading scientists of his generation.
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Little known today, Henry Enfield Roscoe was one of the most prominent chemists and educational reformers in Victorian Britain. Having studied in Heidelberg, he worked to transform English education by using Germany as a model. He made Owens College, Manchester, viable and converted it into Victoria University (now the University of Manchester).
He then campaigned for the reform of technical education in an alliance with like-minded campaigners which resulted in the Technical Instruction Act of 1889. Roscoe was also the Liberal MP for South Manchester between 1885 and 1895, one of the few academic chemists to become a member of the House of Commons. In his "retirement," he helped found the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
Yet, despite his extensive impact on Britain at the time and our society today, he remains largely forgotten. In this detailed biography, authors Morris and Reed provide a timely and original contribution to the history of nineteenth-century British science and its relation to education, industry, and government policy, highlighting Roscoe's significant contributions and legacy as one of the leading scientists of his generation.
Arguably, Sir Henry Roscoe wrote the most entertaining chemists' autobiography ever published. Now, in this important and very readable biography, the authors peer behind the details of the autobiography to reveal hidden details of the life of this Victorian inorganic chemist, writer, educationist, Anglo-German enthusiast, politician, and catalyst of the later scientific industrialisation of Manchester.
- William Brock, former Director of the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester
He then campaigned for the reform of technical education in an alliance with like-minded campaigners which resulted in the Technical Instruction Act of 1889. Roscoe was also the Liberal MP for South Manchester between 1885 and 1895, one of the few academic chemists to become a member of the House of Commons. In his "retirement," he helped found the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
Yet, despite his extensive impact on Britain at the time and our society today, he remains largely forgotten. In this detailed biography, authors Morris and Reed provide a timely and original contribution to the history of nineteenth-century British science and its relation to education, industry, and government policy, highlighting Roscoe's significant contributions and legacy as one of the leading scientists of his generation.
Arguably, Sir Henry Roscoe wrote the most entertaining chemists' autobiography ever published. Now, in this important and very readable biography, the authors peer behind the details of the autobiography to reveal hidden details of the life of this Victorian inorganic chemist, writer, educationist, Anglo-German enthusiast, politician, and catalyst of the later scientific industrialisation of Manchester.
- William Brock, former Director of the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester
Table of Contents:
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations Used
1. Who Was Henry Enfield Roscoe?
2. Of Lancastrian Stock and the Formative Years
3. Finding His Niche
4. Seeing the Light
5. From Instability to Stability
6. Creating a Civic University
7. Flying the Flag for Chemistry in Cottonopolis
8. Academia Driving Economic Progress
9. Securing Britain's Economic Future
10. A Chemist in the House
11. An Active Retirement
12. Roscoe's Legacy
Bibliography of Henry E. Roscoe's Publications
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations Used
1. Who Was Henry Enfield Roscoe?
2. Of Lancastrian Stock and the Formative Years
3. Finding His Niche
4. Seeing the Light
5. From Instability to Stability
6. Creating a Civic University
7. Flying the Flag for Chemistry in Cottonopolis
8. Academia Driving Economic Progress
9. Securing Britain's Economic Future
10. A Chemist in the House
11. An Active Retirement
12. Roscoe's Legacy
Bibliography of Henry E. Roscoe's Publications
Bibliography
Index
