Frederick G. Donnan

Frederick G. Donnan
CBE FRS FRSE
Frederick G. Donnan CBE FRS FRSE
	Donnan in 1927
Born	6 September 1870; Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	16 December 1956 (aged 86); Canterbury, England
Alma mater	Queen's College, Belfast (BA); Leipzig University (PhD)
Known for	Donnan potential; Gibbs–Donnan effect
Awards	FRS (1911); Order of the British Empire (1920); Longstaff Prize (1924); Davy Medal (1928); FRSE (1936);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University College London; University of Liverpool
Doctoral advisor	Wilhelm Ostwald
Other academic advisors	J. H. van't Hoff
Doctoral students	Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar; Jaroslav Heyrovský

Frederick George Donnan CBE FRS FRSE (6 September 1870 – 16 December 1956) was a Ceylonese chemist who is known for his work on membrane equilibria, and commemorated in the Donnan equilibrium describing ionic transport in cells. He spent most of his career at University College London.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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^ Goodeve, C. F. (1957). "Prof. Frederick G. Donnan, C.B.E., F.R.S". Nature. 179 (4553): 235–236. Bibcode:1957Natur.179..235G. doi:10.1038/179235a0. PMID 13407689.
^ "Frederick George Donnan". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 53: X003–X004. 1957. doi:10.1039/TF957530X003.
^ http://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/resources/history/people/donnan.html University College London page on Donnan
^ http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10401616 Picture and signature of Donnan

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[2] Goodeve, C. F. (1957). "Prof. Frederick G. Donnan, C.B.E., F.R.S". Nature. 179 (4553): 235–236. Bibcode:1957Natur.179..235G. doi:10.1038/179235a0. PMID 13407689.

[3] "Frederick George Donnan". Transactions of the Faraday Society. 53: X003–X004. 1957. doi:10.1039/TF957530X003.

[ucl-4] ttp://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/resources/history/people/donnan.html University College London page on Donnan

[5] ttp://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10401616 Picture and signature of Donnan

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Frederick G. Donnan CBE FRS FRSE
Donnan in 1927
Born	(1870-09-06)6 September 1870 Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	16 December 1956(1956-12-16) (aged 86) Canterbury, England
Alma mater	Queen's College, Belfast (BA) Leipzig University (PhD)
Known for	Donnan potential Gibbs–Donnan effect
Awards	FRS (1911)^[1] Order of the British Empire (1920) Longstaff Prize (1924) Davy Medal (1928) FRSE (1936)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University College London University of Liverpool
Doctoral advisor	Wilhelm Ostwald
Other academic advisors	J. H. van't Hoff
Doctoral students	Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Jaroslav Heyrovský