Background
LIVEING, George Downing was born on December 21, 1827 in Nayland, Suffolk. Son of Edward Liveing and Catherine, daughter of George Downing, Lincoln’s Inn.
LIVEING, George Downing was born on December 21, 1827 in Nayland, Suffolk. Son of Edward Liveing and Catherine, daughter of George Downing, Lincoln’s Inn.
Studied at St. John’s College, Cambridge (Master of Arts, Honourable Doctor of Science 1908). 11th Wrangler, 1850; 1st in Natural Sciences Tripos, 1851. Master of Arts; Doctor of Science.
Lecturer on Natural Science, St. John’s College Cambridge 1853. Professor of Chemistry, Staff and Royal Military Colleges, 1860. Started the first laboratory for students in Cambridge, 1852.
Active in organising. Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge, 1861-1908. Fellow of St. John’s College, since 1853. Justice of the Peace.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Club: Athenseum.
Field geology, gardening.