Kendall appears as a character in the opera Breathe Freely by Scottish Composer Julian Wagstaff. The opera's title is borrowed from Kendall's book of the same name. Books published He wrote and co-authored several books including: At Home Among the atoms (1929) Smith's Introductory College Chemistry (revised 1938) Appleton-Century, New York Breathe Freely! The Truth About Poison Gas. First published April 1938, reprinted April 1938 and again in 1939 by Camelot Press Ltd London and Southampton Young Chemists and Great Discoveries, G. Bell & Sons, London, 1939 Humphry Davy "Pilot" of Penzance (1954) Michael Faraday, Man of Simplicity (1955) References 1889 births 1978 deaths English chemists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Stockholm University alumni Columbia University staff United States Navy officers Columbia University faculty New York University faculty People from Chobham, Surrey