Frank Greenaway
Frank Greenaway was Keeper of Chemistry at the Science Museum in London, England. He authored a number of books and papers on the history of chemistry.
Frank Greenaway studied chemistry at Jesus College, Oxford. He was invalided out of the War and subsequently taught in Bournemouth, where he met his wife, Miranda. They had four children.
Greenaway lived in Surrey for most of his career as a curator at the Science Museum in London and a leading historian of science, specializing in chemistry. He retired to Reading, Berkshire.
Selected work
Books
John Dalton and the Atom, Cornell University Press, 1966..Chemical Laboratories and Apparatus to 1850, HMSO, 1966. Part 1 of a 4-part series.Chemistry, Science Museum, HMSO, 1968.Papers
- History of Chemistry, Nature, 219, pp. 415–416, 1968.
- , Platinum Metals Review, 18, pp. 104–108, July 1974.
- , Analytical Chemistry, 48, pp. 148a–154a., 1976.., 2001.
- , Chemistry & Industry, 6 January 2003.