Arthur Vogel (chemist)

Arthur Vogel (1905-1966) was the head of the chemistry department at Woolwich Polytechnic who wrote a series of textbooks about chemistry including:^[1]

• Textbook of Qualitative Chemical Analysis (1937)
• Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis (1939)
• Practical Organic Chemistry (1948)

These works were revised and translated in numerous editions and so became classics in the field. After Vogel died, further revisions were made by new authors. For example, the Textbook of Qualitative Chemical Analysis continued as the Textbook of macro and semimicro qualitative inorganic analysis with a new edition by G. Svehla in 1979.^[2]

References

1. Fred Parrett (2010), Arthur Vogel's impact, Society of Chemical Industry
2. Ros Herman (1 March 1979), "Editions New and Revised", New Scientist: 700