Samuel Sugden,Notable bearers of name FRS was an eminent chemistThe Ridings of Yorkshire in the first half of the 20th century.NPG details
Early life He was born in LeedsFamous people from Yorkshire on 21 February 1892 and educated at Batley Grammar School and the Royal College of Science.“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007
Career After war time service with the BEF he was a Research Chemist the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich following which he became a Lecturer, Reader‘Sugden, Samuel (1892–1950)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sutton, L. E (Oxford, Oxford University Press, September 2004) then Professor of Physical chemistry at Birkbeck College. In 1934 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1937 became Professor of Physical Chemistry at University College, London.UCL profile When World War II returned he joined the newly formed Ministry of Supply but resigned in 1944 to take up a similar post with the United States Air Force Eighth Air Force. A noted author,Amongst others he wrote “The Structure of Atoms”, 1923; “A Class Book of Physical Chemistry”;and “The Parachor and Valency”, 1929 > British Library web-site accessed Sunday 26 July 2009 6:17GMT he died on 20 October 1950.Obituary Professor S. Sugden The Times Tuesday, 24 October 1950; pg. 8; Issue 51830; col E
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