Arthur B. Lamb

Arthur B. Lamb (1880-1952), full name Arthur Becket Lamb, was an American physical and inorganic chemist at Harvard University, where he became an assistant professor in 1912 and later directed the university chemical laboratory. He completed his doctorate under Theodore William Richards at Harvard studying the specific heat of aqueous salt solutions, contributed to chemical warfare research during the First World War, and served as editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 1917 to 1949. He was president of the American Chemical Society in 1933 and received the Priestley Medal in 1949.