William Cecil Dampier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British scientist, agriculturist, and science historian
Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1867
Place of Birth: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 11-Dec-1952
Profession: physicist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About William Cecil Dampier
- 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 Lord 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 Trinity. In June 1901 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
- His candidacy citation read: "Lecturer in Physics.
- Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Dampier was author of the following scientific papers, &c: - 'On the Alleged Slipping at the Boundary of a Liquid in Motion'; 'Note on Kohlrausch's Theory of Ionic Velocity'; 'Ionic Velocities'; 'On the velocity of the Hydrogen Ion through Solutions of Acetates'; 'On the Velocities of the Ions and the Relative Ionization Powers of Solvents'; 'The Velocity of the Ions'; 'The Ionizing Power of Solvents'; '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'; 'The Coagulative Power of Electrolytes'; 'The Ionization of Dilute Solutions at the Freezing Point' (a paper read before the Royal Society); an elementary text book on 'Solution and Electrolysis'; Letters and Articles in 'Nature' and 'Science Progress.'" In 1904 he published the first of his broader works on science and its history, The Recent Development of Physical Science.
- This was followed in 1929 by his frequently reprinted and translated A History of Science, and its Relations with Philosophy and Religion.A Shorter History of Science.
- 1944,1945. 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.
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