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Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861-1949) was a Scottish chemist who pioneered the scientific analysis of paintings. ==Biography== Laurie was educated at Edinburgh Academy, the University of Edinburgh and then King's College, Cambridge, where he took a first in science in 1884. The pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt interested Laurie in the chemistry of paint and the scientific analysis of paintings. Laurie pioneered the use of chemical analysis to discover the composition of artworks, and so to show their true age and origins. He was the first to use infra-red photography to reveal deeper layers of paint. Through infra-red work, he found the date of a Rembrandt self-portrait where the date painted by the artist had later been covered up.〔 In 1895 Laurie became a lecturer at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, and joined the Royal Commission on Secondary Education.〔 In 1898 the Royal College of Physicians made him an examiner in chemistry.〔 In 1900, Laurie became the principal of Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh. He held this position until 1928.〔 In 1912 Laurie became the professor of chemistry to the Royal Academy of Arts.〔 In 1929 he stood as a candidate for parliament at the General Election in the constituency of Edinburgh South for the Liberal party, finishing second. Laurie became a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). In 1939 Laurie wrote the notorious ''The Case for Germany'', (1939). A pro-Nazi, anti-semitic work which praises Hitler's Germany. The book commences with praising Hitler as a painter and then expounds National Socialism. He continues with a defence of Nazism as he experienced it during his stay in Germany and criticizes the Jewish people and Marxist socialism. 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 Pillans Laurie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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