William Ringrose Gelston Atkins

William Ringrose Gelston Atkins OBE CBE (4 September 1884 – 4 April 1959) was an Irish chemist.

Life and family William Ringrose Gelston Atkins was born on 4 September 1884 in Cork. His father, Thomas Gelston Atkins, was a physician and surgeon. His mother was the daughter of the Very Reverend George Mignon Innes, Dean of St Paul's, London, Ontario. He attended Newtown School in Waterford, and entered Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in 1902 to study experimental science and natural science. He graduated in 1906.

In 1922 he married Ingaborg Jackson. They had one son, George Mignon Gelston. Atkins died on 4 April 1959. and in 1928 was awarded the Royal Dublin Society's Boyle Medal. He worked on atmospheric visibility for the Meteorological Office of the Air Ministry during World War II and was later awarded a CBE for his contributions.