Henry Enfield Roscoe

Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe was a British chemist, born in London on 7 January 1833, particularly noted for early work on vanadium, photochemical studies and his assistance in creating Oxo, in its earlier liquid form. He studied at the Liverpool Institute for Boys and University College London, and then went to Heidelberg to work under Robert Bunsen, who became a lifelong friend. In 1857 he returned to England with William Dittmar and was appointed to the chair of chemistry at Owens College, Manchester, where he remained until 1886, by which time the Victoria University had been established. In 1881 he was a founder, and first president, of the Society of Chemical Industry. He was elected an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1890 and an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1903.