Background
Heilbron was born in Glasgow on 6 November 1886 and was educated at Glasgow High School and then the Royal Technical College.
Heilbron was born in Glasgow on 6 November 1886 and was educated at Glasgow High School and then the Royal Technical College.
Following an award of a Carnegie Fellowship he went to the University of Leipzig to study under Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch. Lecturer, Royal Technical College, 1909-1914
Professor of organic chemistry, Royal Technical College, 1919-1920
Professor, University of Liverpool, 1920-1933 (Heath Harrison Chair of Organic Chemistry)
Professor, University of Manchester, 1933-1938 (Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry, 1935-1938)
Professor, Imperial College, 1938-1949
Director, Brewing Industry Research Foundation, 1949-1958
During the Second World War from 1939 to 1942 he worked as a scientific advisor to the Department of Scientific Research in the Ministry of Supply, after 1942 he became a scientic advisor to the Ministry of Production.
Royal Society.