Waynflete Professorship - Waynflete Professors of Chemistry

Waynflete Professors of Chemistry

The four heads of the Dyson Perrins Laboratory were four consecutive Waynflete Professors of Chemistry, from its foundation in 1916 as the University's research centre for organic chemistry to its retirement in 2003.

• 1865–1872 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Baronet
• 1872–1912 William Odling
• 1912–1930 William Henry Perkin, Jr., first head of Dyson Perrins Laboratory;
• 1930–1954 Sir Robert Robinson
• 1954–1978 Ewart Jones
• 1978–2005 Sir Jack Baldwin, last head of Dyson Perrins Laboratory;
• 2006– Stephen G. Davies, ex-Chairman of Chemistry.