Edith Ellen Humphrey (11 September 1875[1] – 25 February 1978[2]) was a British inorganic chemist who carried out pioneering work in co-ordination chemistry at the University of Zurich under Alfred Werner. She is thought to be the first British woman to obtain a doctorate in chemistry[3] and the first chemist to synthesize a chiral inorganic complex.[4]
Sample of crystals prepared by Edith Humphrey around 1900
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 8 April 1991, a sample of the original crystals synthesised by Humphrey for her PhD were sent to them by the Swiss Committee of Chemistry, together with a modern CD spectrum of a solution of one crystal.[5] This box of crystals remains on display in the exhibition room of the RSC.
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^Bunting, Judith (2023). "Humphrey, Edith Ellen (1875–1978), chemist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000382359. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^Congratulatory address and book of isolation of coordination compound by Edith Humphrey from the Swiss Committee of Chemistry to the Royal Society of Chemistry on its sesquicentenary, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1991, AR0497 / AR0497a{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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