Alfred Senier

Alfred Senier (24 January 1853 – 29 June 1918) was a chemist and a Professor of Chemistry, Queen's College, Galway from 1891 until his death. He was one of the founding members of the Aristotelian Society.

Life Alfred Senier was born 24 January 1853 in Burnley, England to Alfred Senier (1823–1893) and Jane .

Positions held Source: 1878 FIC (Fellow of Royal Institute of Chemistry} 1874–82 Demonstrator and Asst in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Society 1881–84 Lecturer on Chemistry, St John’s College, Battersea 1884–87 Research Student with Professor von Hofmann, Berlin 1887 Awarded PhD, University of Berlin 1890–91 in charge of Chemistry, Queen’s College, Cork 1912 President of the Chemical Section of the British Association 1875, 1885 Fellow of Chemical Societies of London and Berlin 1884 Hon. Secretary and Treasurer Aristotelian Society (AS), from foundation (1880) 1900 Conservator of Fisheries, Galway 1902 Hon. Member of the AS 1907 MRIA (Member of the Royal Irish Academy) Until 1910 Treasurer, from its foundation (1893–94), of University, formerly Queen’s, College Athletic Union.

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Private life Alfred Senier married Elsbeth Ida Wagner (from Prussia) in Croydon in 1887. They had two children: Fredericka Denbigh and Elizabeth Mary. Fredericka married Francis Vernon Breedon, a brassfounder, on 7 June 1916 at St James' Church, Edgbaston.