James Johnston Dobbie, (1852 - 1924) was known for the isolation, chemical structure, and physical properties (especially UV and visible spectra) of alkaloids. He isolated hydroxycodeine from opium and synthesized diphenylene. He carried out UV-VIS spectra of gaseous main group elements and organic compounds.
He received his DSc in 1879 from the University of Edinburgh under William Ramsay. However the DSc work was carried out at the University of Glasgow, but since Glasgow did not award science degrees at the time, the DSc degree was awarded at Edinburgh. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Sir William Ramsay (October 2, 1852 – July 23, 1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 (along with Lord Rayleigh who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year for the discovery of argon). ... The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland. ...
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J. Chem. Soc. Trans. 1924, 125, pp. 2681-2690.
Proc. Roy. Soc. A 1925, 107, pp. vi-viii.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970-1990, vol. 11, p. 278b.
J. R. Partington, A History of Chemistry, Macmillan, 1964, vol. 4, p. 840.
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