Frederick Abel
British chemist 1827-1902
Also known as Sir Frederick Augustus Abel · Sir Frederick Abel · Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet · Sir Frederick Abel, 1st Baronet · Sir F. A. Abel
- Born
- July 17, 1827
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Sources- 1.Stated in Journal of the Chemical Society
- 2.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- July 17, 1827
- Died
- September 6, 1902
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-02
- 2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- September 6, 1902
- Birthplace
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- chemist
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Sources- 1.catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA3596&pos=2Retrieved 2020-12-29
- , inventor
- chemist
- Positions held
- president(1881–1882)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Grace's Guide“Frederick Augustus Abel”gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_AbelRetrieved 2026-08-24
- , president(1875–1877)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Grace's Guide“Frederick Augustus Abel”gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_AbelRetrieved 2026-08-24
- , chemist(1854–1888)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Grace's Guide“Frederick Augustus Abel”gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_AbelRetrieved 2026-08-24
- +6 more
- president(1881–1882)
- Education
- Royal College of Chemistry
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Sources- 1.Stated in Grace's Guide“Frederick Augustus Abel”gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_AbelRetrieved 2026-08-24
- Royal College of Chemistry
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- Member of
- Royal Society of London(since 1860)
- Institution of Electrical Engineers(since 1871)
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Awards
- Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order(1901)
- Bessemer Gold Medal(1897)
- baronetcy(1893)
- Albert Medal(1891) award rationale: in recognition of the manner in which he has promoted several important classes of the Arts and Manufactures by the application of Chemical Science, and especially by his researches in the manufacture of iron and of steel, and also in acknowledgement of the great services he has rendered to the State in the provision of improved war material, and as Chemist to the War Department
- Knight Bachelor(1891)
- Telford Medal(1887)
- Royal Medal(1877)
- Companion of the Order of the Bath(1877)
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- Royal Society Bakerian Medal(1867)
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Sources- 1.catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA3596&pos=2Retrieved 2020-12-29
- Fellow of the Royal Society(July 6, 1860)
- honorary degree conferred by: University of Oxford
- honorary degree conferred by: University of Cambridge
- Name in native language
- Frederick Augustus Abel
- Field of work
- chemistry
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Sources- 1.catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA3596&pos=2Retrieved 2020-12-29
- chemistry
- Birth name
- Frederick Augustus Abel
- Place of burial
- Nunhead Cemetery
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Sources- 1.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Abel
- 2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2024-03-22
- Nunhead Cemetery
On other databases
46 identifiers linking Frederick Abel across the web's reference databases
- Alexander Turnbull Library ID116504
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- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinefrederick-augustus-abel
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID10562940g
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- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID116001364
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