Clear plaque № 40984

This clear commemorative plaque records: This building was opened in 1907 as the Leoline Jenkins Laboratories, one of the first college chemistry laboratories at the University of Oxford. Under the leadership of Dr D.L. Chapman (Fellow 1907-44) it was distinguished for its teaching and research and, during the Second World War, it hosted secret atomic research codenamed the Tube Alloys project. The Laboratories closed in 1947. Recorded plaque organisation: Jesus College, Oxford.

The Leoline Jenkins Laboratories were a pioneering chemistry facility at Oxford University, significant for both academic contributions under Dr D.L. Chapman and their role in hosting secret wartime atomic research known as the Tube Alloys project.