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Code	DS/UK/278
Name	Bloxam; William Popplewell (1860-1913); chemist
Dates and Places	b. 9 Jan 1860, London; d. 26 Dec 1913, London.
Surname	Bloxam
Forenames	William Popplewell
History	Demonstrator in Chemistry under heinrich Debus, at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, researching especially sulphur compounds. He was briefly Professor of Chemistry in Madras, and subsequently conducted research into improving the efficiency of indigo extraction from natural sources. He continued colour chemisty research at the Clothworkers' Research Laboraory, Leeds University, under A G Perkin, from 1904.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/53023
Source	VIAF: 28720188

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MCR/1/1/46	Scotland: Miscellaneous	2 Oct 1880-16 Jul 1924

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