ARMSTRONG, HENRY EDWARD British chemist born May 6, became professor of chemistry at South Ken sington in 1874. Elected F.R.S. in 1876, he served on the council of the Royal Society 1888-90, 1900-02 and was vice-president in 1901-02. He achieved considerable success in his researches on organic and general chemistry, particularly in his work on the terpenes, the naphthalene and benzene series and on physical chemistry. He died July 13, 1937.