Henry Lloyd Snape

Henry Lloyd Snape (20 April 1861 – 2 March 1933) was a professor of chemistry at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He was an influential teacher and his students included F. D. Chattaway and W. H. Lewis. He wrote a textbook of inorganic chemistry.

Snape was born in Liverpool, the son of Alderman Thomas Snape. He was educated at Liverpool Institute followed by the School of Medicine where he studied chemistry under Campbell Brown between 1876 and 1879. He then worked at John Hutchinson and Company of Widnes and later worked as a demonstrator under Campbell Brown. He received a BSc in 1883 from London University and then went to Germany, studying under A. W. Hofmann in Berlin and the Victor Meyer in Göttingen. He received a PhD in 1886 with a thesis titled Ueber die Einwirkung von Phenylcyanat auf einige Alkohole und Phenole. He became a lecturer in chemistry at Manchester Technical School after returning to England and in 1888 he moved to Aberystwyth as chair of chemistry at the University College of Wales to replace Professor Humpidge. He helped establish the chemistry syllabus of the University of Wales when it was established. He also worked as county chemical analyst for Cardiganshire. He published several research papers on the aromatic cyanates, carbamates and on magnesium nitride as a reagent. In 1901 he became director of education for Lancashire county and retired in 1918 to Torquay. Ill health reduced his work in chemistry but he participated in educational and church committees. He was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 1921 for his work in training disabled servicemen.

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• Researcher uncovers Aberystwyth’s own “Potions Master”, Professor Snape