ABSTRACT
Gwendolen Caroe's notion of temporary hotel accommodation is intriguing, but, while it is to some extent an accurate assessment, it by no means sums up the history of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (DFRL), which was founded to provide facilities for the pursuit of independent and systematic researches. The early history of the DFRL forms a period clearly marked in time. There would have been no DFRL had it not been for the vision and generosity of one man, Ludwig Mond, who in 1894 offered to pay for the creation of a new research laboratory under the aegis of the Royal Institution. The chapter deals with a discussion of Mond and the founding of the laboratory, together with a description of its staff and working practices. The staff put their laboratory experiences to good use. In 1907 J. D. Kettle passed the final examination for the Associate ship of the Institute of Chemistry, and Green was awarded BSc from London University.
