Charles Greville Hanson Williams ( 1829 - 1910 )

Birth: Cheltenham, Gloucester, England (22 September 1829) Death: Bay Cottage, Smallfields, Horley, Surrey (15 June 1910) Burial: Streatham Profession: Chemist Career: Trained as a chemist and worked in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh; Assistant to W H Perkin (FRS 1866) at Greenford Green; Partner, Star Chemical Works, Brentford; Chemist and Photometric Supervisor to the Gas, Llight and Coke Company (1877-1901); researched dyes and coal gas; discovered cyanine, or quinoline blue Memberships: FCS (1862) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/06/1862.