91AV

This meeting will look at the career of chemists who became politicians (mainly in the UK), both in the past and more recently. The speakers will discuss the influence of their chemical training (and in some cases their chemical research) on their political thinking and their actions as politicians. They range from Henry Enfield Roscoe and Chaim Weizmann to Margaret Thatcher and Julian Huppert.听

10:00听 Coffee and tea

Session One (chair: Mary Archer)

10.30听 Welcome from John Nicholson, Chair of the Historical Group

10.35 Peter Reed, 鈥淟yon Playfair: Chemist, MP, Minister and Polymathic Reformer鈥�

11.05听 Peter Morris, 鈥淗enry Roscoe: The Campaigning Chemist鈥�

11.35 Richard Toye, 鈥淪tafford Cripps: The 91AV of Politics鈥�

12.05 Jon Agar, 鈥淢argaret Thatcher, Scientist鈥�

12.35 Lunch (not provided)

Session Two (chair: tbc)

2.00 听听 Brian Iddon, 鈥�91AV and Politics: An Unlikely Mixture鈥�

2.30 听听 Julian Huppert, 鈥淎re Politicians and Chemists Miscible?鈥�

3.00 听听 Tea and coffee

Session Three (chair: tbc)

3.40 听听 Tony Travis, 鈥淐haim Weizmann: From Science Fiction to Birth of a Nation鈥�

4.00 听听 Viscount Stansgate, 鈥淧arliament and Science鈥�

4.40 听听 Closing remarks by Peter Morris

4.50 听听 Meeting ends