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The Yusuf Hamied 1702 Chair of Chemistry is one of the senior
professorships at the
University of Cambridge , based in the
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry .
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History
Founded in 1702 by the university as simply 'Professor of Chemistry', it was retitled as the Professorship of
Organic Chemistry in 1943, and in 1991 was renamed after a benefaction from the oil company
British Petroleum . In recognition of a donation from
Yusuf Hamied , in 2018 the professorship was renamed the Yusuf Hamied 1702 Chair of Chemistry.
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Professors of Chemistry
Professors of Organic Chemistry
BP 1702 Professor of Organic Chemistry
Yusuf Hamied 1702 Professors of Chemistry
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