James Johnston Dobbie
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James Johnston Dobbie, (1852 - 1924) was known for the isolation, chemical structure, and physical properties (especially UV and visible spectra) of alkaloids. He isolated hydroxycodeine from opium and synthesized diphenylene. He carried out UV-VIS spectra of gaseous main group elements and organic compounds.
He received his DSc in 1879 from the University of Edinburgh under William Ramsay. However the DSc work was carried out at the University of Glasgow, but since Glasgow did not award science degrees at the time, the DSc degree was awarded at Edinburgh.
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- J. Chem. Soc. Trans. 1924, 125, pp. 2681-2690.
- Proc. Roy. Soc. A 1925, 107, pp. vi-viii.
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970-1990, vol. 11, p. 278b.
- J. R. Partington, A History of Chemistry, Macmillan, 1964, vol. 4, p. 840.
- Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 1952, 81, pp. 47-49.
