Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845–1925)

Chemist. Junior assistant, chemical department, Owens College, Manchester, 1863. Studied at the University of Heidelberg from 1867; PhD, 1869. Professor of chemistry, Anderson’s University, Glasgow, 1870; Yorkshire College of Science, Leeds, 1874; Normal School of Science (later the Royal College of Science), South Kensington, 1885. A member of the eclipse expedition to Sicily, 1870. Principal chemist of the Inland Revenue laboratory (later the Government Laboratory), 1894–1909. Professor of general chemistry, Imperial College, 1909–12. Knighted, 1909. FRS 1876.