Edward Armand Guggenheim. 1901-1970

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society (Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc.), 1971, Vol. 17, p. 303–326.Edward Armand Guggenheim (1901–1970) was an English physical chemist, physicist and statistician, noted for his 1933 publication of the textbook 'Modern Thermodynamics by the Methods of Willard Gibbs'. This book, together with Gilbert Lewis and Merle Randall’s 1923 textbook 'Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances', are said to be responsible for the inception of the modern science of chemical thermodynamics. In 1939, Guggenheim co-authored a volume entitled 'Statistical Thermodynamics' with Ralph Fowler, who is one of the central founders of the zeroth law of thermodynamics. In 1949, Guggenheim published 'Thermodynamics: An Advanced Treatment for Chemists and Physicists'.From 1946 to 1966 Guggenheim was a professor of chemistry at the University of Reading, and subsequently Emeritus Professor in the University.