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Sir Reginald Patrick Linstead (28 August 1902 – 22 September 1966) was an English chemist.[2]
Sir Patrick Linstead | |
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_Patrick_Linstead_1945_by_Walter_Stoneman.jpg) 1945 portrait by Walter Stoneman | |
| Born | Reginald Patrick Linstead 28 August 1902 London, England |
| Died | 22 September 1966 (aged 64) London, England |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
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| Children | Hilary Linstead |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
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| Institutions | University of Sheffield Harvard University |
Patrick Linstead was born on 28 August 1902 in Southgate, London, the second son of Edward Flatman Linstead, advertising manager for Burroughs Wellcome, and Florence Evelyn, née Hester.[3] After primary education in Southgate, Linstead attended the City of London School from the age of 11 to 17, where the science master, George H J Adlam,[4] was a considerable influence. He joined Imperial College in 1920, and graduated three years later with first class honours, before continuing to a PhD in Sir Jocelyn Thorpe's group.[3]
In 1929, Linstead was appointed as a demonstrator at Imperial, and later lecturer. In the following decade, he was awarded a DSc and three medals. In 1938 he was appointed Professor Chemistry at the University of Sheffield.
In their obituary of Linstead,[1] Barton, Rydon and Elvidge wrote that "Linstead's professional life divides itself conveniently into four periods", which they go on to describe in detail:
Linstead Hall at Imperial College is named in his honour.[5] He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940.[1] He was also a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and was knighted in 1959.
Patrick Linstead can be heard in a speech at the Mansion House dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the College in 1957.[6]
In 1929, Linstead married Aileen Edith Ellis Rowland.[3] She died in 1938, after giving birth to their first child, Hilary. She married Leon Max Stemler of Newcastle, New South Wales at Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington in 1962,[7] and moved to Australia with her husband.
His second marriage was in Aberdare on 11 July 1942,[8] to Marjorie Walters, a DPhil from Somerville College, Oxford.[9] They had no children. Lady Linstead died at their Blockley home in Gloucestershire on 2 November 1987. They also had one at 170 Queens Gate, SW7, a short walk from Imperial College.
Sir Patrick Linstead died from a heart attack on 22 September 1966 at St George's Hospital, which was then on the site of the present Lanesborough Hotel at Hyde Park Corner.[3] A memorial service was held on 25 October at Holy Trinity Brompton.
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