text: Professors at Owens College and the Victoria University of Manchester:
  *E. Frankland, 1851–57
  *H. E. Roscoe, 1857–86
  *C. Schorlemmer, 1874-92 (organic chemistry)
  *H. B. Dixon, 1887-1922
  *W. H. Perkin, 1892-1912 (organic chemistry)
  *A. Lapworth, 1913-22 (organic chemistry)
  *A. Lapworth, 1922–35
  *R. Robinson, 1923-28 (organic chemistry)
  *I. M. Heilbron, 1933-38 (organic chemistry)
  *M. Polanyi, 1933-48 (physical chemistry)
  *A. R. Todd, 1938-44 (organic chemistry)
  *E. L. Hirst, 1942-47 (organic chemistry)
  *E. R. H. Jones, 1947- ? (organic chemistry)
  *M. G. Evans, 1948- ?