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Cornelius O'Sullivan

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At Bass he applied his chemical knowledge and aptitude for original research to the scientific and practical issues of brewing and ultimately became head of the scientific and analytical staff of the company, a post he held for the rest of his career. His researches were communicated via a series of
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Distinguished as a chemist, especially for his researches on the Carbohydrates, which have thrown entirely new light on the constitution of this class of bodies and which are therefore of high importance in connexion with the chemistry of vital
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He died at home in Burton-on-Trent in 1907 and was buried near Bandon. He had married in 1871 Edithe, the daughter of Joseph Nadin of Barrow Hall, near Derby, and had three sons (one of whom died in early youth) and one daughter.
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The Identity of Dextrose from Different Sources, with Special Reference to the Cupric Oxide Reducing Power
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in 1884 for his researches on the chemistry of the carbohydrates. In 1885 he was elected a
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in 1876, serving on the council from 1882 to 1885, and was awarded the Society's
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and was educated locally, before winning a scholarship to study chemistry at the
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Invertase: a Contribution to the History of an Enzyme
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After completing the three-year course he joined the
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He was born the son of merchant James O'Sullivan of
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Longstaff Prize
Fellow of the Royal Society
Bandon, County Cork
Royal School of Mines
Royal College of Chemistry
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
Burton-on-Trent
Staffordshire
Chemical Society
Longstaff Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society
Institute of Chemistry
Society of Chemical Industry
Institute of Brewing
"Fellow details"
public domain
Lee, Sidney
O'Sullivan, Cornelius
Dictionary of National Biography
Categories
1841 births
1907 deaths
People from Bandon, County Cork
19th-century Irish chemists
Fellows of the Royal Society
Scientists from County Cork

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