Annual Meeting of the French Chemical Society

Abstract

THE French Chemical Society is holding its annual general meeting in Paris on June 15–17; at the same time it is commemorating the bicentenary of the birth of Priestley. Among the distinguished foreign visitors at the meeting are Sir William Pope, professor of chemistry in the University of Cambridge, who has been asked to preside over the opening meeting; Prof. Morgan, president of the Chemical Society; Prof. H. E. Armstrong; Prof. J. Böeseken, professor of organic chemistry in the Technical High School at Delft, who is speaking on the configuration of the poly alcohols; and Prof. E. Spath, professor of chemistry in the University of Vienna, who is discussing recent syntheses of alkaloids. An address on “Priestley and his scientific Work” was to be given on June 15 by Prof. C. Matignon, professor of inorganic chemistry in the Collége de France, and president of the Society. Priestley, by a decision of the National Council, was made a French citizen and was a member of the Academy of Sciences.