title: J. Norman Collie, the inventive chemist.
abstract: Norman Collie was Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director of Laboratories at University College London between 1902 and 1928. He was a pioneering mountaineer but was also a prolific inventor; this review focuses on that little-known latter aspect of his activities.
authors.forename: Alwyn G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006113:United Kingdom