Edward Frankland and Henry Roscoe blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Edward Frankland PhD FRS Professor of Chemistry 1851-1857 Organometallic compounds. Bonding and Valency. Water Analysis. First President of the Institute of Chemistry. Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe BA PhD FRS Professor of Chemistry 1857-1886. Vanadium. Photochemistry. Spectroscopy. First President of the Society of Chemical Industry. Active in the transfer of Owens College from this building to Oxford Road in 1873 and in the foundation of the Victoria University in 1880. Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Society of Chemistry.

Sir Edward Frankland was a pioneering chemist known for his work on organometallic compounds, bonding theory, and water analysis; he served as the first President of the Institute of Chemistry. Sir Henry Roscoe made significant contributions to the study of vanadium, photochemistry, and spectroscopy; he also played a crucial role in the development of Manchester's Owens College and was the first President of the Society of Chemical Industry.