George Henderson

George Gerald Henderson (30 January 1862 – 28 September 1942) was a chemist and professor at the University of Glasgow. He was known for his work on terpenes.

Life Henderson was born to a Glasgow merchant in 1862. In 1885, he was a research assistant with James Johnston Dobbie.

He obtained an MA in Natural Science with first class honors in 1884, and a DSc in 1890 from the University of Glasgow.

In 1884, Henderson started as an assistant to professor John Ferguson at the University of Glasgow. Alexander Robertson (graduate student, 1924, Studies on the sabinene series of terpenes) Alexander R. Todd (student) John Monteath Robertson (graduate student, 1926, The structural relationships of certain members of the bicyclic sesquiterpene series)

Service and affiliations

President, Chemical Society (1931-1933) President, the Institute of Chemistry (1924-1927) President, the Society of Chemical Industry (1914-1915) Secretary, Recorder, and President, Section B (Chemistry) of the British Association Fellow, Royal Society (1916)