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THIS lecture was delivered on May 30, by Prof. Cannizzaro. The lectureship was founded by the Chemical Society in honour of the illustrious Faraday, to be held by some eminent foreign savant, who, during the term of his tenure is to deliver a discourse before the Society. Dr. Frankland, in introducing the lecturer, said that in 1869, M. Dumas had honoured them with his presence there, and on that night they were to listen to Prof. Cannizzaro, of Palermo. After alluding to the numerous investigations which the Professor had made in organic chemistry, and amongst others the discovery of benzylic alcohol, the first normal aromatic alcohol that had ever been prepared, and to the important theoretical views which he had originated, the President, in the name of the Society, presented to him the Faraday Medal, struck in honour of his visit.
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Prof. Cannizzaro's Faraday Lecture . Nature 6, 143–145 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006143a0
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