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James Irvine (chemist)
Sir James Colquhoun Irvine, KBE, FRS, (May 9 1877-June 12 1952) was a British chemist and Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1921 until his death. As a research chemist, Irvine worked on the application of methylation techniques to carbohydrates, and isolated the first methylated sugars, trimethyl and tetramethyl glucose.
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