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Brian Duncan Shaw
Born(1898-02-10)10 February 1898
Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
DiedNovember 7, 1999(1999-11-07) (aged 101)[1]
Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England[2]
Alma materUniversity College Nottingham
Spouse(s)
Margaret Elsie Wheldon
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(m. 1916)​

Alice Maud
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(m. 1990)​
AwardsMilitary Medal
Territorial Decoration
Scientific career
Thesis (1927)
Doctoral advisorFrederic Stanley Kipping

Lieutenant colonel Brian Duncan Shaw MM TD was a chemistry lecturer at the University of Nottingham,[3] widely known for his demonstrations on explosives.[4]

Early life

Shaw was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, the fourth and youngest child of Samuel Shaw and Lydia Emma Shaw, his brothers and sisters being named Lydia Emma, Mabel and Clarence Gordon. His father was a brick manufacturer and his mother had been working as a teacher[5].

In May 1916, he married to his first wife, Margaret Elsie Wheldon[6]. After her death, in 1990, he would marry to Alice Maud on 5 June of the same year, who, in turn, would die in 1998, a year before Shaw passed away.

He fought on the battles of Somme, Cambrai and Passchendaele, during the First World War.

In the Second World War, at the Fall of France, he was cut off in Normandy by German tanks, and was separated from the batallion he was with. After that, he got a bike and spent ten weeks hiding from the Nazis, while trying to reach Spain, eventually cycling 300 miles (about 480 kilometers). Near Poitiers, a French gendarme stopped him because the bicycle lacked a plaque used for annual tax, and phoned the Germans, who made him prisioner.[7] He was sent to Germany and spent the rest of the war in five POW camps[3], mainly at Spangenburg bei Kassel[6].

He published several articles on pyridines, maninly in the Journal of the Chemical Society.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

The blue plaque located at the front door of its former residence at Queens Road, Beeston.

A blue plaque was installed on 16 November 2012 at his home.[14][15] As a part of the Periodic table of videos, Prof. Martyn Poliakoff and Brady Haran filmed the event.[16]

The Shaw Medal

In 1988, the University of Nottingham created a medal in his honour called the Shaw Medal. BD Shaw himself was the first recipient of this prize[3].

References

  1. ^ "'Official Gazette of United Kingdom', 15 August 2000". Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. ^ "'Blue plaque for birthplace of Nottingham's famous explosives lecturer', 5 March 2015". Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "The Career of Lt. Col. Brian Duncan SHAW MM TD BSc PhD DSc", University of Nottingham. Retrieved on 30 January 2015.
  4. ^ It's a Blast! public lecture on explosives by Col B D Shaw, accessed 31 January 2015.
  5. ^ Brian Duncan shaw - Genealogy Chart - Boards - Genes Reunited, accessed 22 March 2015.
  6. ^ a b Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/73575, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/73575 instead.
  7. ^ "Ten weeks in hiding". Nottingham Evening Post. 01 February 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 22 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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  14. ^ "Blue Plaques: The Southern Broxtowe Blue Plaque Scheme progress to 14 November 2014"
  15. ^ "Blue Plaques"
  16. ^ Explosives Legend - Periodic Table of Videos, accessed 16 March 2015.

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