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MAJOR F. A. FREETH, who has been research manager of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., since the formation of the company in 1926, is retiring from that position but has consented to continue his connexion with the company in the capacity of consultant. Major Freeth was educated at the University of Liverpool and at an early age gained considerable reputation as a physical chemist, becoming chief chemist to Messrs. Brunner Mond and Co. Ltd. in 1910. On the outbreak of the Great War, he went to France with the Cheshire Regiment, but was recalled to England to undertake scientific work in connexion with the supply of munitions. He rejoined Messrs. Brunner Mond and for the remainder of the War he did very valuable work in developing new' processes for the manufacture of explosives. For his services to the country he was honoured with the O.B.E. In 1924, Major Freeth was awarded the doctorate in the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in the University of Leyden. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1925.
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Major F. A. Freeth, O.B.E., F.R.S.. Nature 142, 200–201 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142200c0
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