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Robert Mond

British chemist and archaeologist

Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, FRS, FRSE (9 September 1867 – 22 October 1938) was a British chemist and archaeologist.²

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Born Sep 9, 1867, died Oct 22, 1938.¹

Companies

Tata Chemicals EuropeBoard member 1897 to now¹³
Mond Nickel CompanyChair¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Edinburgh³
Date not recordedUniversity of Glasgow³
Date not recordedCheltenham College³
Date not recordedPeterhouse³

Mond was born at Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire, the elder son of Ludwig Mond, a chemist and industrialist. He was educated at Cheltenham College, Peterhouse, Cambridge (BA 1888, MA 1892), Zurich Polytechnic, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. At Glasgow he studied under William Thomson.

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Career

Occupation: archaeologist, entrepreneur, art collector, anthropologist, chemist, patron of the arts, industrialist.⁶

Since 1897Director, Tata Chemicals Europe^{4 5}
Date not recordedChairperson, Mond Nickel Company^{4 5}

Personal life

BornSep 9, 1867, Farnworth⁷
DiedOct 22, 1938, Paris⁸
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom⁹
SpousesHelena Edith Levis married 1898¹⁰; Lady Mond 1922 to 1938¹⁰

Robert Mond married twice. In 1898 he married Helen Levis and they had two daughters but Helen died in 1905, following the birth of their second daughter in 1901. In her memory Mond founded the Infants' Hospital in Vincent Square, London. In 1922 he married Marie-Louise Guggenheim (née Le Manac'h) of Belle-Île-en-Terre, Brittany and following this spent more of his life in France.

He died in Paris and was cremated at the Père Lachaise Crematorium and his ashes were buried at his home at Belle-Île-en-Terre in Brittany.

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Awards

1938Fellow of the Royal Society^{11 12}
Date not recordedCommander of the Legion of Honour¹¹
Date not recordedFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh¹¹
Date not recordedKnight Bachelor¹¹

Sources

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WikidataRobert Mond on Wikidata
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WikipediaRobert Mond on Wikipedia
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WikidataRobert Mond: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Mond: Chairperson, Mond Nickel Company, on Wikidata
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WikidataChairperson, Mond Nickel Company, as reported
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WikidataRobert Mond: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Mond: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Mond: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Mond: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Mond: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataRobert Mond: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataTata Chemicals Europe, Board member
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WikidataMond Nickel Company, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsRobert Mond photo by Anonymous, the Faraday Society, Public domain

Companies

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

Awards

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