Talk:William Henry Perkin Jr.

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See here and here. Carcharoth 23:47, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

His paper with the title Cryptopine and protopine written in 11 Section and published in one issue of Journal of the Chemical Society in 1916 with 214 pages should be mentioned!--Stone 20:29, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

pages 815-1028

Yes, that sounds like a very important paper! Do you have access to sources that will tell you when the Baeyer memorial lecture was delivered? I'd like to find out if it was in the same year it was published, or whether it was before then and closer to 1917 (the year Baeyer died). I'm also going to quote from the sources I gave above: "son of Sir William, was Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Oxford, and Fellow of Magdalen College. He was recognised as ‘the greatest organic chemist in England and one of the greatest in the world.’ He may be said to have created the school of chemistry at Oxford: ‘He found it despised and left it honoured.’ He continued research throughout his life, especially on the alkaloids strychnine and brucine."[1] and "1910 - Doctor of Laws - Prof William H Perkin PhD, MSc, FRS" - Honorary Graduates of The University of Edinburgh. Carcharoth 22:26, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

He contributed together with Robinson to the Strychnine and brucine series of papers. 30 partts were published between 1924 and 1934. The last of the papers with his name as author state Perkin Jr (late).--Stone 08:16, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Fermentation

• Jehuda Reinharz (1984). "Chaim Weizmann and the Elusive Manchester Professorship". AJS Review. 9 (2): 215–246.
• Raymond Wynkoop (1943). "n-Butanol and Acetone". Ind. Eng. Chem. 35 (12): 1240–1242. doi:10.1021/ie50408a004.
• C. L. Gabriel (1928). "Butanol Fermentation Process". AJS Review. 20 (10): 1063–1067. doi:10.1021/ie50226a020.
• D. T. Jones, D. R. Woods (1986). "Acetone-Butanol Fermentation Revisited". Microbiological Reviews. 50 (4): 484–524.

The first references show a slight other view of the Perkin against Weizmann issue and the rest give a good overview of the fermentation prozess invented by the group of Weizmann, Perkin, Fernbach and Strange.--Stone 09:56, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Flags in infobox

Stone, I see the flags have gone back in. Are you aware of Wikipedia:Don't overuse flags? I'd prefer not to see flags in the infobox like this (my view is that they should only be used in sporting or military articles). If you do want to keep them in, can I suggest using more icons to show people reading the infobox that the universities are in England, Scotland and Germany? Gives more of the international flavour. Also, flag icons should use Template:Flagicon, rather than just be images alone. The template uses alt-text and allows those with screen readers to understand what the icon is showing (as well as those who hover their mouse cursor over the flag). Carcharoth 12:40, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

After waiting a few days for a response to the above, I have removed the flags. Please discuss here if this is a problem. Carcharoth 22:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

You are right, but for nationality the flag would be Ok acording to the Wikipedia:Don't overuse flags, so it might be good to have one, or better not? I had the problem with a lot of german chemists where two exaples:

• Heinrich Limpricht (1827-1909) is Residence German Empire and Nationality Oldenburgian, then German
• Adolf von Baeyer (1835 - 1917) is Residence Germany and Nationality German

show the dilemma of even non controversal people.--Stone 18:37, 20 August 2007 (UTC)