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William Klyne (March 23, 1913, in Enfield, Middlesex – November 13, 1977) was an organic chemist known for his work in steroids and stereochemistry — a field in which he was a "pioneer",[1] and in which Ernest Eliel and Norman Allinger described him as "one of the world's experts".[2]
In 1946, he gained a PhD from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis entitled “The steroid sulphates: studies on the conjugated sulphates of mare’s pregnancy urine".[3]
Klyne taught at Westfield College, University of London, where he served as dean of science from 1971 to 1973, and as vice-principal from 1973 to 1976.[4] He also served on the editorial board of the Biochemical Society from 1950 to 1955,[4] and on IUPAC's nomenclature committee from 1971 until his death.[4] As well, he established[5] and maintained[4] the Medical Research Council's Steroid Reference Collection, and wrote several textbooks, including The Chemistry of Steroids (1957) and Atlas of Stereochemical Correlations (1974).[6]
Klyne met Barbara Clayton in 1947 while both were employed at the Medical Research Council; they married in 1949.[7]
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