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Society of Chemical Industry
Founded under this name
1881
A society linking chemistry with industry, formed from earlier local groups.
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“on 4 April 1881,”Ian Shepherd and Cath O’Driscoll — Society of Chemical Industry, First beginnings: source, retrieved 2026-11-01; quote re-found by the server check
“occurred in April 1881.”James Francis Donnelly — University of Leeds PhD thesis, Chemical Education and the Chemical Industry in England from the Mid-Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Century (November1987), hosted by White Rose eTheses: source, retrieved 2026-11-01; quote found in the PDF’s text by content-verify-pdf
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