Background
He was the son of George John Hadow (1789–1869) of the Madras Civil Service and later of Sundon House, Clifton and Margaret Julia Timins (1796–1875) and grandson of Reverend James Hadow of Streatley, Bedfordshire.
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Edward Hadow
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He attended Bristol medical school and subsequently the University of London.
Career
He became demonstrator of chemistry at King’s College and studied the detection of alum in bread. His research also examined the action of oxidizing agents on the sulphocyanides and the method of converting them into cyanides and the composition of the platinicyanides. He also invented a process for producing "soluble cotton", involved in early photography This formula is described in the Photographic Journal.
He died of pneumonia, aged 35, following a protracted illness.
