Mathematician:James Colquhoun Irvine

Mathematician
Scottish organic chemist.

Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from $1921$ until his death.

Worked on the application of methylation techniques to carbohydrates.

Isolated the first methylated sugars, trimethyl and tetramethyl glucose.

Nationality
Scottish

History

 * Born: 9 May 1877 in Glasgow, Scotland
 * Died: 12 June 1952 in St Andrews, Scotland

Publications

 * 1911: (as co-editor with  and )
 * 1953: Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry