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                                              Prof. John H. Knox                                                

                                    FAVOURITE THINGS   (Sung at 2016 Reunion)

                                                G.C. thermodynamic

                                                Functions, Gibbs-Duhem, solutions ionic

                                                Enthalpy, Entropy, ideal mixings

                                               These are a few of his favourite things.

John Henderson Knox was born in Edinburgh on 21st October 1927 and died peacefully at home in Edinburgh on 15th October 2019, aged 90.

He was Professor Emeritus at Edinburgh University for many years with his personal Chair in Physical Chemistry. He was a world authority in gas- and liquid chromatography.

A very full obituary was published in the Scotsman. (click). 

 

A keen yachtsman in his spare time, this photograph was included in his funeral order of service at Greenbank Parish Church on October 19th 2018:

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