Frank Litherland Teed died after a short illness at his home at Tonbridge, Kent, on April 22nd, 1987, at the age of 78.

He was educated at University College, London, and the University of Edinburgh, and held the London degree of D.Sc. He was for many years in practice as an analytical and consulting chemist, and served as Public Analyst to the City of London and to the London boroughs of Islington and Camberwell.

Dr. Teed was joint patentee of the Sulman-Teed (bromo-cyanide) process of gold extraction, and his published works include ‘Volume Alterations on and in Solution’ (1926) and ‘Torricelli contra Mundum’ (1931).

Dr. Teed, who was a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple and a Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, was elected a Member of the Institution in 1895.

Vol. 47, Trans IMM 1937-8, p.548

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