Background
WAIN, Ralph was born on May 29, 1911 in Hyde. Son of Mr. and Mistress G. Wain.
WAIN, Ralph was born on May 29, 1911 in Hyde. Son of Mr. and Mistress G. Wain.
He read Chemistry at the University of Sheffield on scholarship, and with first class honours degree, and a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy.
He was advised by G.M. Bennett. He lectured in chemistry at the South Eastern Agricultural College at Wye, until 1939. During World World War II, he conducted research at Long Ashton Research Station, at the University of Bristol.
After the war, he was Head of the Chemistry Department and the Chair of Agricultural Chemistry at Wye College.
He was Honorary Director of the Unit on Plant Growth Substances and Selective Fungicides at Wye. He lectured at University of Kent at Canterbury where he was Honorary Professor in 1977.
Royal Society.
Married Joan Bowker in 1940.