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Alexander William Williamson

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Alexander William Williamson FRS (1 May 18246 May 1904) was an English chemist of Scottish descent. [1]

40 relations: Alkoxide, Annals of Science, Atom, Auguste Comte, Bakumatsu, Brookwood Cemetery, Capital punishment, Chōshū Domain, Chlorine, East India Company, Endō Kinsuke, Ether, Fellow of the Royal Society, Haloalkane, Han system, Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Hindhead, Hydrochloric acid, Hydrogen, Inoue Kaoru, Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat), Ion, Itō Hirobumi, Japan, Justus von Liebig, Leopold Gmelin, Molecule, Paris, Royal Medal, Royal Society, Rudolf Clausius, Surrey, Thomas Graham (chemist), Thomas Hewitt Key, University College London, University of Giessen, Wandsworth, Williamson ether synthesis, Yamao Yōzō.

Alkoxide

An alkoxide is the conjugate base of an alcohol and therefore consists of an organic group bonded to a negatively charged oxygen atom.

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Annals of Science

Annals of Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of science and technology.

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Atom

An atom is the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element.

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Auguste Comte

Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher who founded the discipline of praxeology and the doctrine of positivism.

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Bakumatsu

refers to the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended.

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Brookwood Cemetery

Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.

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Chōshū Domain

The was a feudal domain of Japan during the Edo period (1603–1867).

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Chlorine

Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to trade with the East Indies (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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Endō Kinsuke

was a Japanese statesman in the early Meiji period.

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Ether

Ethers are a class of organic compounds that contain an ether group—an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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Haloalkane

The haloalkanes (also known as halogenoalkanes or alkyl halides) are a group of chemical compounds derived from alkanes containing one or more halogens.

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Han system

The or domain is the Japanese historical term for the estate of a warrior after the 12th century or of a daimyō in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912).

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Heidelberg

Heidelberg is a college town in Baden-Württemberg situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany.

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Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Hindhead

Hindhead is a village in Surrey, England.

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Hydrochloric acid

Hydrochloric acid is a colorless inorganic chemical system with the formula.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Inoue Kaoru

, GCMG was a Japanese politician and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy during the Meiji period of the Empire of Japan.

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Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat)

Viscount was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known as the "father of the Japanese railways".

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).

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Itō Hirobumi

Prince was a Japanese statesman and genrō.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Justus von Liebig

Justus Freiherr von Liebig (12 May 1803 – 18 April 1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and was considered the founder of organic chemistry.

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Leopold Gmelin

Leopold Gmelin (2 August 1788 – 13 April 1853) was a German chemist.

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Molecule

A molecule is an electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Royal Medal

A Royal Medal, known also as The King's Medal or The Queen's Medal, depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award, is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences", done within the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Royal Society

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.

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Rudolf Clausius

Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888) was a German physicist and mathematician and is considered one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Thomas Graham (chemist)

Thomas Graham (20 December 1805 – 16 September 1869) was a British chemist who is best-remembered today for his pioneering work in dialysis and the diffusion of gases.

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Thomas Hewitt Key

Thomas Hewitt Key, FRS (20 March 1799 – 29 November 1875) was an English classical scholar.

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University College London

University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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University of Giessen

Giessen University, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (German: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany.

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Wandsworth

Wandsworth Town is a district of south London within the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Williamson ether synthesis

The Williamson ether synthesis is an organic reaction, forming an ether from an organohalide and a deprotonated alcohol (alkoxide).

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Yamao Yōzō

Viscount was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an influential member of the Meiji era government of Japan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_William_Williamson

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