Alexander William Williamson (1824–1904)

Chemist. A student of Justus von Liebig at the University of Giessen, 1844–5. Professor of analytical and practical chemistry, University College, London, 1849–87; in addition, professor of general chemistry from 1855. Involved in the reform of science education. Foreign secretary of the Royal Society of London, 1873–89. FRS 1855.