Reprint of "Egon Matijević and The Royal Institution" [J. Colloid Interface Sci. 309 (2007) 189-191].
The background to the Faraday Evening Discourse given by Egon Matijević in 1989, as well as its impact, is outlined, and so also is his participation in the special Faraday Discussion convened at the Royal Institution in September, 1991 to mark the bicentennial of Michael Faraday's birth.
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Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom.