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SYDNEY ALEXANDER KAY was born in Dundee in 1874 and after leaving the High School became a student at University College, Dundee, under Prof, (now Sir) James Walker. The association thus begun continued through most of Kay's life. His student career was a brilliant one—he gained the medals in chemistry, natural philosophy, mathematics and physiology. Graduating as B.Sc. in 1896, he engaged in research with Walker, and two papers—On the so-called Magnesium Hypoiodite—(Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., 21, 236; 1896) and “Velocity of Urea Formation in Aqueous Alcohol” (J. Chem. Soc., 71, 489; 1897)—recorded the investigations. The award of an 1851 Exhibition scholarship enabled him to study under Arrhenius at Stockholm and under Ostwald at Leipzig. The work done at Stockholm furnished material for a lengthy paper on “Equilibrium between Sulphuric Acid and Sulphates in Aqueous Solution” (Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., 22, 484; 1899).
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M., J. Dr. Sydney A. Kay. Nature 132, 54 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132054a0
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