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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Saunders, Bernard (1903-1983), chemist and President of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Parallel form(s) of name
- Bernard Charles Saunders, CBE, ScD
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
1903-1983
History
Educated at Pembroke College. Lecturer in Natural Sciences at Magdalene, and University Demonstrator in Chemistry, from 1931. Made a Fellow in 1938.
Research on chemical warfare during the war, working on various ‘ nerve gases’; and after the war a regional scientific adviser on Civil Defence.
Director of Studies in Natural Sciences and Medicine, 1931-1973. Praelector or Deputy Praelector, 1949-1978. President, 1967-1973. Senior Proctor, 1943-1944.
Further reading:
Obituary: College Magazine No. 28 (1983–84) pp. 1-3 (P. J. Grubb)
Article: 'The Chemistry of B. C. Saunders', College Magazine, No. 56 (2011–12), p. 64-68