William Klyne (March 23, 1913, in Enfield, Middlesex – November 13, 1977) was an organic chemist known for his work in steroids and stereochemistry — a field in which he was a "pioneer",[1] and in which Ernest Eliel and Norman Allinger described him as "one of the world's experts".[2]
In 1946, he gained a PhD from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis entitled “The steroid sulphates: studies on the conjugated sulphates of mare’s pregnancy urine".[3]
Klyne taught at Westfield College, University of London, where he served as dean of science from 1971 to 1973, and as vice-principal from 1973 to 1976.[4] He also served on the editorial board of the Biochemical Society from 1950 to 1955,[4] and on IUPAC's nomenclature committee from 1971 until his death.[4] As well, he established[5] and maintained[4] the Medical Research Council's Steroid Reference Collection, and wrote several textbooks, including The Chemistry of Steroids (1957) and Atlas of Stereochemical Correlations (1974).[6]
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Klyne met Barbara Clayton in 1947 while both were employed at the Medical Research Council; they married in 1949.[7]
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- ^ Green, Ivan R. (2002). "A Tribute to Prof. James Bull". Arkivoc. 2002 (9): 1–8. doi:10.3998/ark.5550190.0003.901. hdl:2027/spo.5550190.0003.901.
- ^ Topics in Stereochemistry. Vol. 10. 1979. doi:10.1002/9780470147191. ISBN 9780470147191.
- ^ Klyne, William (1946). "The steroid sulphates: studies on the conjugated sulphates of mare's pregnancy urine".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c d "Obituary". British Medical Journal. 1 (6107): 247–249. 1978. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.6107.247. PMC 1602523.
- ^ Obituary: Professor David Kirk, in The Independent; by Ray Bonnett; published October 19, 1992; retrieved May 29, 2013; "His key role in this was emphasised by his direction of the MRC Steroid Reference Collection, originally set up by Bill Klyne at Westfield College, in London."
- ^ "Crystallographers". Journal of Applied Crystallography. 11 (1): 62–63. 1978. Bibcode:1978JApCr..11...62.. doi:10.1107/S0021889878012741.
- ^ Richmond, Caroline (2011). "Barbara Evelyn Clayton". The Lancet. 377 (9775): 1402. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60564-3. S2CID 54338135.