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On This Day: 10th of December
On this day in 1904:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1904
William Ramsay was presented with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system".
On this day in 1922:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1922
Frederick Soddy (1877-1956) was presented with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes".
On this day in 1949:
Nobel Peace Prize, 1949
Lord Boyd Orr of Brechin was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Boyd Orr had devoted his academic life to the study of nutrition, the diet of animals and men and was praised at the ceremony for his work in "the coordination of agricultural and nutritional policies, not only in order to free mankind from want, but also to create a basis for peaceful cooperation between classes, nations, and races".
Boyd Orr was a graduate of the University who became Rector in 1945 and Chancellor 1946-1972.
On this day in 1957:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1957
The University graduate Alexander Todd was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes".
On this day in 1969:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1969
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Derek Barton, formerly Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University, and the Norwegian Chemist Odd Hassel, for their "contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry."
On this day in 1988:
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1988
Sir James Black, Gertrude Elion and George Hitchings were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatments".
On this day in 2002:
Chilingirian String Quartet
The Chilingirian String Quartet appeared in a special concert to celebrate the music of Sir John Blackwood McEwen, as part of the Music in the University concert series. The concert was promoted by the Scottish Music Information Centre with financial support from the University of Glasgow McEwen Bequest.
Births and Deaths
On this day in 1798
Andrew Buchanan was born.
On this day in 1900
Sir James Cook was born.
On this day in 1874
Alexander Colquhoun was born.
On this day in 1859
Robinson Ruddock Coyle was born.
On this day in 1869
Ernest Sherwood Gunson was born.
On this day in 1863
John Hughes was born.
On this day in 1911
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker died.
On this day in 1790
James Moffitt was born.
On this day in 1872
Robert Simpson was born.
On this day in 1886
George Barclay was born.
On this day in 1877
Alexander Adam Carruthers was born.
On this day in 1883
Janet Lamond was born.
On this day in 1884
Thomas Mitchell Auld Macnab was born.
On this day in 1955
Isabel Mitchell Macphail died.
On this day in 1881
Peter Maguire was born.
On this day in 1885
William McAdam was born.
On this day in 1878
John Paton was born.
On this day in 1878
George Alexander Pollock was born.
On this day in 1888
Catherine McLaren Robertson was born.
On this day in 1882
Murdoch Mann Rodger was born.
On this day in 1885
James Stewart Somerville was born.
On this day in 1880
Robert Ure was born.
On this day in 1878
John Scott McKinnell was born.
On this day in 1916
Kenneth Gordon Mackenzie was born.
On this day in 1999
William Kitson Berry died.
On this day in 1891
Elizabeth Jardine Burns was born.
On this day in 1890
Agnes Gilmour Gray was born.
On this day in 1790
James Moffitt was born.