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Sir Arthur McDougall Duckham (8 July 1879 - 14 February 1932) was one of the founders of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and its first President. Duckham was born in Blackheath, London. He became a trainee gas engineer, while also taking evening classes at King's College, London, and was appointed assistant superintendent of a London gasworks. Along with Harold Woodall he formed a company Woodall-Duckham which developed the continuous vertical retort for manufacturing gas from coal. He married Maud Peppercorn, daughter of Arthur Douglas Peppercorn and they had three children.〔Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed 28 July 2009〕 During the First World War he was involved in the supply of coal-derived chemicals for use in the manufacture of explosives, becoming Deputy Controller of Munitions Supply in 1915. He performed a number of other executive and advisor roles, notably Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Ministry of Munitions, which resulted in the him being knighted with the Order of the Bath (KCB).〔(London Gazette ) 9 February 1917 page 1458〕 He also received the Légion d'honneur (Cross of Officer).〔(London Gazette ) 22 October 1920 page 101197〕 After the war his business flourished, expanding into other areas of chemical engineering. He joined the Institution of Civil Engineers (which then included all non-military engineers) in 1918, but chaired the committee which created the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and became its first President.〔 In 1928 he led a British trade mission to Australia, and following this received a further knighthood, GBE.〔(London Gazette ) 31 May 1929 page 3675〕 He died 14 February 1932 at Ashtead, Surrey.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Duckham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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