Baldwin Francis Duppa ( 1828 - 1872 )

Birth: Rouen, France (18 February 1828) Death: Budleigh Salterton, Devon (10 November 1872) Education: Hofwyl, near Berne; Cambridge (no degree); Royal College of Chemistry (1855) Career: Lived in Italy (for 3 years); returned to England and took up chemistry (1854); set up a chemical laboratory at Hollingbourne House, Maridstone, where he collaborated with W H Perkin (FRS 1866); worked with Edward Frankland (FRS 1853) at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1860); went to Italy and Algeria for his health (for 2 years); worked with Frankland at the Royal College of Chemistry (1867); died of consumption Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/06/1867.