Edmund Knowles Muspratt

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Edmund Knowles Muspratt
FCS
File:Muspratt, Edmund Knowles.jpg
Born 1833
Died 1923
Residence Seaforth Hall, Seaforth, near Liverpool
5 Windsor Buildings, George Street, Liverpool [1911]
Occupation chemist
Society Membership
membership Ordinary Fellow
left 1923 deceased
elected_AI 1875.05.25
societies Chemical Society
Institute of Chemistry
Society of Chemical Industry




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proposed 1875.05.11
death reported in Report of the Council for 1923

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Dr. Edmund Knowles Muspratt who, like his eldest brother Dr. James Sheridan Muspratt, had studied chemistry under Justus von Liebig at Giessen
Born in West Derby, Lancashire, England on 6 Nov 1833 to James Muspratt and Julia Josephine Connor. Edward Knowles married Frances Jane Baines

Born Bootle; died Seaforth. His father, James Muspratt, founded the alkali industry in Lancashire. The firm he founded was eventually absorbed by ICI. Helped found University College Liverpool, which was later to become Liverpool University of which he was elected Pro-Chancellor in 1903. Honorary degree. Wide-ranging interests including politics, education, foreign travel, music and theatre. JP.

Publications

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My life. London, 1917

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Papers in Liverpool recrod office