Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p This page is about the scientist. For the explorer, see William Dampier.Sir William Cecil Dampier FRS (born William Cecil Dampier Whetham) (27 December 1867 – 11 December 1952) was a British scientist, agriculturist, and science historian who developed a method of extracting lactose (milk sugar) from whey.He was born in London, the son of Charles Langley and Mary (née Dampier) Whetham and the grandson of Sir Charles Whetham, a former Mayor of London. In 1886 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge and in 1889 commenced his varied researches in the Cavendish Laboratory. In 1891 was elected a Fellow of the college.In June 1901 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His candidacy citation read: "Lecturer in Physics. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Author of the following scientific papers, &c: - 'On the Alleged Slipping at the Boundary of a Liquid in Motion' (Proc Roy Soc, xlviii, p 225, 1890, and Phil Trans, 1890, A p559); 'Note on Kohlrausch's Theory of Ionic Velocity' (Phil Mag, July, 1891); 'Ionic Velocities' (Proc Roy Soc, lii, p 283, 1893, translated Zeits fur Physikal Chem xi, p 220, 1893, also Phil Trans 1893, A, p337); 'On the velocity of the Hydrogen Ion through Solutions of Acetates' (Brit Assoc Reports, 1894, p 568); 'On the Velocities of the Ions and the Relative Ionization Powers of Solvents' (Phil Mag, 1894); 'The Velocity of the Ions' (Proc Roy Soc, lvii, p 182, 1895, and Phil Trans, A, 1895, p507); 'The Ionizing Power of Solvents' (Phil Mag, July , 1897); 'Report to the British Association on the Present State of our Knowledge in Electrolysis and Electro-Chemistry'; 'The Theory of the Migration of the ions and of Specific Ionic Velocities' (Brit Assoc Report, 1897, p 227); 'The Coagulative Power of Electrolytes' (Phil Mag, 1899); 'The Ionization of Dilute Solutions at the Freezing Point' (a paper read before the Royal Society); an elementary text book on 'Solution and Electrolysis' (Camb Univ Press, 1895); Letters and Articles in 'Nature' and 'Science Progress.'" From 1931 to 1935 he served as the first secretary of the Agricultural Research Council. He was knighted in 1931 for public service to agriculture.In 1897 he had married Catherine Durning Holt of a Liverpool shipowning family.. }
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- William_Cecil_Dampier abstract "This page is about the scientist. For the explorer, see William Dampier.Sir William Cecil Dampier FRS (born William Cecil Dampier Whetham) (27 December 1867 – 11 December 1952) was a British scientist, agriculturist, and science historian who developed a method of extracting lactose (milk sugar) from whey.He was born in London, the son of Charles Langley and Mary (née Dampier) Whetham and the grandson of Sir Charles Whetham, a former Mayor of London. In 1886 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge and in 1889 commenced his varied researches in the Cavendish Laboratory. In 1891 was elected a Fellow of the college.In June 1901 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His candidacy citation read: "Lecturer in Physics. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Author of the following scientific papers, &c: - 'On the Alleged Slipping at the Boundary of a Liquid in Motion' (Proc Roy Soc, xlviii, p 225, 1890, and Phil Trans, 1890, A p559); 'Note on Kohlrausch's Theory of Ionic Velocity' (Phil Mag, July, 1891); 'Ionic Velocities' (Proc Roy Soc, lii, p 283, 1893, translated Zeits fur Physikal Chem xi, p 220, 1893, also Phil Trans 1893, A, p337); 'On the velocity of the Hydrogen Ion through Solutions of Acetates' (Brit Assoc Reports, 1894, p 568); 'On the Velocities of the Ions and the Relative Ionization Powers of Solvents' (Phil Mag, 1894); 'The Velocity of the Ions' (Proc Roy Soc, lvii, p 182, 1895, and Phil Trans, A, 1895, p507); 'The Ionizing Power of Solvents' (Phil Mag, July , 1897); 'Report to the British Association on the Present State of our Knowledge in Electrolysis and Electro-Chemistry'; 'The Theory of the Migration of the ions and of Specific Ionic Velocities' (Brit Assoc Report, 1897, p 227); 'The Coagulative Power of Electrolytes' (Phil Mag, 1899); 'The Ionization of Dilute Solutions at the Freezing Point' (a paper read before the Royal Society); an elementary text book on 'Solution and Electrolysis' (Camb Univ Press, 1895); Letters and Articles in 'Nature' and 'Science Progress.'" From 1931 to 1935 he served as the first secretary of the Agricultural Research Council. He was knighted in 1931 for public service to agriculture.In 1897 he had married Catherine Durning Holt of a Liverpool shipowning family.".