 From 1880 to 1894 he was Professor of Chemistry at Mason College, (which later became the University of Birmingham).From 1894 to his death he was at the Royal College of Science, London, being Professor of Chemistry to 1909, Dean from 1905 to 1909, and then Emeritus Professor.He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1880 and was Vice-President from 1904 to 1906.