The Streatham Society
  • Home
  • Blogs & Posts
  • Events
  • Newsletters
  • Publications
  • Donations
  • Membership
  • Events
  • Guided Walks
  • Virtual Self Guided Walks
  • Photo Gallery
  • Research and Queries
  • Planning and Regeneration
  • Heritage and Conservation
  • WW1 Roll Of Honour
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Instagram posts
  • Archive News
  • Members' Page

Dr Gerald Druce

8/12/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
Dr Gerald Druce was born On This Day 8th December 1894 and was Chemistry and Botany master and later head of chemistry at Battersea Grammar School which in 1936 moved to Abbotswood Road
He was considered sufficiently important to warrant an obituary in The Times and an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Born in Leamington Spa he attended UCL.

In 1921 he married Elsie (née Caudell) and they went on to have one son, also called Gerald.
The Druces spent their lives in south London, initially living at 26 Heslop Road, Balham and later moving to 56 Bishop’s Park Road, Norbury, SW16.

In the mid-1920s Druce became interested in the search for the hitherto undiscovered elements of the Periodic Table (numbers 75, 85, 87 and 93). As a result of some of this work, Druce’s name has become associated with the discovery of rhenium

In 1924, Druce became editor of Chemical News, a role he held until 1930. In 1925, he published his first book, a brief account of the history of science . This book was Druce's first foray into history, but he was to return to this field at intervals for the rest of his life.
​
Sources Royal Society of Chemistry Newsletter - Summer 2019 and photo Old Grammarians- 1949 Staff picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Mark Bery, Secretary Streatham Society

    Archives

    May 2025
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020

Next Meeting





Our next  talk is  on the 1st July  2025 a talk on Streatham's Sleeping Beauty by David Harvey and Liz Burton 








​

Social media & email

Picture