Edgar William Richard Steacie

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Edgar William Richard Steacie : biography

December 25, 1900 – August 28, 1962

Edgar William Richard Steacie, (December 25, 1900 – August 28, 1962) was a Canadian physical chemist and president of the National Research Council of Canada from 1952 to 1962.

From 1954 to 1955, he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1961, he was elected president of the International Council of Scientific Unions. He was president of the Faraday Society. He was a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences. He was an honorary Fellow of the Chemical Society.

In 1948, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was awarded the Henry Marshall Tory Medal in 1955. He is a member of the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame. , Canada Science and Technology Museum.

The Steacie Science and Engineering Library at York University and the Steacie Building for Chemistry at Carleton University are named in his honour.