Henry Enfield Roscoe: The Campaigning Chemist

by Morris

Little known today, Henry Enfield Roscoe was one of the most prominent chemists and educational reformers in Victorian Britain. Having studied in Heidelberg, he worked to transform English education by using Germany as a model. He made Owens College, Manchester, viable and converted it into Victoria University (now the University of Manchester).

He then campaigned for the reform of technical education in an alliance with like-minded campaigners...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190844256
• ISBN13: 9780190844257
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"