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| Born | Frederic Stanley Kipping (1863-08-16)16 August 1863 Manchester, England |
| Died | 1 May 1949(1949-05-01) (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | University of London (1882) Munich University (1887) |
| Known for | Work withSilicone |
| Awards | Longstaff Medal (1909) Davy Medal (1918) Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1936) |
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| Fields | chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Nottingham |
| Doctoral advisor | William Henry Perkin, Jr. |
(Frederic) Stanley KippingFRS[1] (16 August 1863 – 1 May 1949) was an Englishchemist. He undertook much of the pioneering work onsiliconpolymers and coined the termsilicone.[2]
He was born inSalford, Lancashire, England, the son of James Kipping, aBank of England official, and Julia Du Val, a daughter of painterCharles Allen Du Val. He was educated atManchester Grammar School before enrolling in 1879 at Owens College (nowManchester University) for an external degree from theUniversity of London. After working for the local gas company for a short time he went in 1886 toGermany to work underWilliam Henry Perkin, Jr. in the laboratories ofAdolf von Baeyer atMunich University.
Back in England, he took a position as demonstrator for Perkin, who had been appointed professor atHeriot-Watt College, Edinburgh. In 1890, Kipping was appointed chief demonstrator in chemistry for theCity and Guilds of London Institute, where he worked for the chemistHenry Edward Armstrong. In 1897 he moved toUniversity College, Nottingham as professor of the chemistry department, and became the first newly endowed SirJesse Boot professor of chemistry at the university in 1928. He remained there until his retirement in 1936.[3]
Kipping undertook much of the pioneering work into the development ofsiliconpolymers (silicones) at Nottingham. He pioneered the study of theorganic compounds of silicon (organosilicon) and coined the termsilicone.[4] His research formed the basis for the worldwide development of thesynthetic rubber and silicone-basedlubricant industries.[5] He also co-wrote, with Perkin, a standard textbook on organic chemistry (Organic Chemistry, Perkin and Kipping, 1894).
He was awarded the Longstaff Medal (nowLongstaff Prize) by the Chemistry Society (nowRoyal Society of Chemistry) in 1909.
He was elected aFellow of the Royal Society in June, 1897.[1][6] He was awarded theirDavy Medal in 1918 and delivered theirBakerian Lecture in 1936 and was awarded aRoyal Society Bakerian Medal in the same year.
In 2004, he was inducted into theUniversity of Akron'sInternational Rubber Science Hall of Fame.[7]
He retired in 1936 and died inCriccieth, Wales in 1949. He married Lilian Holland in 1888, one of three sisters, and both his brothers-in-law were eminent scientists themselves:Arthur Lapworth andWilliam Henry Perkin, Jr. He had four children including (Cyril Henry) Stanley, who became a famous chess problem composer and headmaster of Wednesbury Boys School, (Frederick) Barry who was eminent in chemistry and later edited his father's Organic Chemistry textbook, and (Kathleen) Esme who made wooden jigsaw puzzles under the name of K.E.K Puzzles.
First published in 1894, the book went through many reprints and new editions well into the 1950s. From 1949 his son Barry Kipping was the sole editor.Perkin and Kipping also published a text book on Inorganic Chemistry, first published in 1911.
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