William Ashwell Shenstone

William Ashwell Shenstone FIC FRS (1 December 1850 in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England – 3 February 1908 in Mullion, Cornwall) was a chemist, schoolmaster and published author.

Life Shenstone was born on 1 December 1850 to James Burt Byron Shenstone, a pharmaceutical chemist in Colchester, and his wife Jemima; he was named after the poet William Shenstone, a distant relative. He was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School, and later as an apprentice to his father, though, during the latter, he was caught in a fire and suffered from pains throughout his life.

Published works

Elements of inorganic chemistry (Arnold, 1900) Methods of glass blowing (Longmans, 1902) The new physics and chemistry (Smith, Elder & co., 1906) The methods of glass-blowing and of working silica in the oxy-gas flame (Longmans, Green, 1916)