Henry James Bawtree Rawlins died on February 13th, 1927, at the age of 52.
On leaving school in 1890, he was engaged by the late Mr. John Grove Johnson, head of the firm of Johnson & Sons, assayers to the Bank of England, to learn the duties of an assistant in the routine work of the laboratory. He remained in the service of the same firm until his death, having for many years held the position of chief chemist and essayer in Messrs. Johnson’s assay offices and smelting works.
He graduated at London University in 1902 as B.Sc. in chemistry, physics, and mathematics, and was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry in 1910. In 1912 he contributed a paper on the ‘Direct Volumetric Determination of Tin’ to the Transactions of the Institution (vol. xxii), and occasionally took part in the discussion of other papers on the subjects which occupied his attention.
Mr. Rawlins was elected a Member of the Institution in 1910.
Vol. 37, Trans I.M.M., 1927-28, pp.579-80
