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This blue commemorative plaque records: RSoC Robert Angus Smith PhD FRS 1820- 1903 First Chief Alkali Inspector 1863-1884 The Annual Reports of the Alkali Inspectorate show his concern for the control of black smoke and air pollution The Smoke Abatement Society, formed in 1909, proposed a Smokeless Zone for Manchester in 1938. Established in 1946, it pre-dated the Clean Air Act 1956 20 Gosvenor Square was the site of RA Smith's laboratory Royal Society of Chemistry Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Society of Chemistry.
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