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SIR JOCELYN FIELD THORPE died suddenly on June 10 at the White House, Cooden Beach, Sussex. For many years he has been an outstanding and distinguished personality in chemical circles. Born in London on December 1, 1872, he was the sixth son of Mr. W. G. Thorpe of the Middle Temple. He was educated at Worthing College, at King's College, London, at the Royal College of Science, and took a Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry under Victor Meyer at Heidelberg. In 1895 he became research fellow at Owens College, Manchester, where he remained for about fifteen years. Inspired immediately by the magnetic influence of W. H. Perkin, jun., his future career was clear-research was to be the alpha and omega of his life. Alone and jointly he published many papers on subjects which were to serve as the foundation for many of the modern developments in organic chemistry. For four years, from 1909, he transferred to Sheffield, continuing to work on the same subjects as Sorby research fellow of the Royal Society.
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ARMSTRONG, E. Sir Jocelyn Thorpe, C.B.E., F.R.S. Nature 145, 1001 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/1451001a0
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