John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Theoretical Chemistry

The John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry was established in 1932 from a bequest of £200,000 under the will of John Humphrey Plummer, an estate agent of Southport, to the University of Cambridge for the advancement of science.^[1] The title of the professorship was originally inorganic chemistry, but was changed in 1932 to theoretical chemistry.^[2]

The professorship was discontinued in 1968.^[2]

John Humphrey Plummer Professors of Theoretical Chemistry

• 1932-1953 Sir John Lennard-Jones ^[2]
• 1954-1967 Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins ^[2]

References

1. The Staits Times, 16 March 1929
2. Venn Cambridge University database