were discovered include alloxanthin, mytiloxanthin, decaprenoxanthin and violerythrin. Honours and awards 1952 - Meldola Medal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry 1971 - Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 1974 - Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire References External links Biographical Database of the British Chemical Community Basil Weedon's biography in this database Vice-Chancellors of the University of Nottingham Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Royal Society 1923 births 2003 deaths Academics of Queen Mary University of London