Sheppard Deri
Tredodridge, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, CF71 7UL, UK.
Notes Rec R Soc Lond. 2017 Sep 20;71(3):263-296. doi: 10.1098/rsnr.2016.0019. Epub 2017 Jan 25.
In March 1908, the BASF at Ludwigshafen provided financial support to Fritz Haber in his attempt to synthesize ammonia from the elements. The process that now famously bears his name was demonstrated to BASF in July 1909. However, its engineer was Haber's private assistant, Robert Le Rossignol, a young British chemist from the Channel Islands with whom Haber made a generous financial arrangement regarding subsequent royalties. Le Rossignol left Haber in August 1909 as BASF began the industrialization of their process, taking a consultancy at the Osram works in Berlin. He was interned briefly during World War I before being released to resume his occupation. His position eventually led to His Majesty's Government formulating a national policy regarding released British internees in Germany. After the war Le Rossignol spent his professional life at the GEC laboratories in the UK, first making fundamental contributions to the development of high-power radio transmitting valves, then later developing smaller valves used as mobile power sources in the airborne radars of World War II. Through his share of Haber's royalties, Le Rossignol became wealthy. In retirement, he and his wife gave their money away to charitable causes.
1908年3月，位于路德维希港的巴斯夫公司为弗里茨·哈伯尝试从元素合成氨提供了资金支持。1909年7月，如今以他的名字而闻名的这个工艺向巴斯夫公司进行了展示。然而，该工艺的工程师是哈伯的私人助理罗伯特·勒·罗西尼奥尔，他是一位来自海峡群岛的年轻英国化学家，哈伯与他就后续版税达成了慷慨的财务安排。1909年8月，随着巴斯夫公司开始该工艺的工业化，勒·罗西尼奥尔离开了哈伯，在柏林的欧司朗工厂担任顾问。第一次世界大战期间，他曾被短暂拘留，之后获释继续从事他的职业。他的情况最终促使英国政府制定了一项关于被释放的英国在德被拘留者的国家政策。战后，勒·罗西尼奥尔在英国的通用电气公司实验室度过了他的职业生涯，起初为大功率无线电发射管的开发做出了基础性贡献，后来又开发了用于二战机载雷达作为移动电源的小型管子。通过他从哈伯版税中获得的份额，勒·罗西尼奥尔变得富有。退休后，他和他的妻子将他们的钱捐给了慈善事业。
