Henry Lloyd Snape
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
University of Göttingen (PhD)
Henry Lloyd Snape | |
|---|---|
 Staff of Aberystwyth c. 1891. Snape is seated on the ground at the left | |
| Born | 20 April 1861 |
| Died | 2 March 1933 (aged 71) |
| Education | Liverpool Institute High School for Boys |
| Alma mater | University of London (BSc, DSc) University of Göttingen (PhD) |
| Father | Thomas Snape |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Manchester Technical School |
| Thesis | Ueber die Einwirkung von Phenylcyanat auf einige Alkohole und Phenole (English: On the Effect of Phenyl Cyanate on Some Alcohols and Phenols) (1885) |
| Doctoral advisors | Victor Meyer |
| Other academic advisors | August Wilhelm von Hofmann |
| Notable students | Frederick Daniel Chattaway William Henry Lewis Humphrey Owen Jones Thomas Jones |
Henry Lloyd Snape OBE FIC (20 April 1861 – 2 March 1933) was a professor of chemistry, notably at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He was an influential teacher and his students included F. D. Chattaway and W. H. Lewis.[1]
Snape was born in Liverpool, the son of Lancashire alderman Thomas Snape (1835-1912).[2] He had Welsh ancestry on his mother's side.[3]
Snape was educated at Liverpool Institute followed by the School of Medicine where he studied chemistry under Campbell Brown between 1876 and 1879. He then worked at John Hutchinson and Company of Widnes and later worked as a demonstrator under Campbell Brown. He received a BSc in 1883 from London University and then went to Germany, studying under A. W. Hofmann in Berlin and Victor Meyer in Göttingen.[1] He received a PhD in 1886 with a thesis titled Ueber die Einwirkung von Phenylcyanat auf einige Alkohole und Phenole (English: On the Effect of Phenyl Cyanate on Some Alcohols and Phenols).[4]
