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resorcinol (iou) and Mackenzie, Sir (Edward Montague) Compton (sh)


resorcinol (iou)



resorcinol noun. L19.
[from RESORCIN + -OL.]
Chemistry. A crystalline phenol formerly obtained from galbanum and Other resins but now made synthetically, and used in the manufacture of dyes, resins, etc., and in lotions and ointments to promote exfoliation of the skin; 1,3-dihydroxybenzene, C6H4(OH)2.
resor'cylic adjective pertaining to or derived from resorcinol L19.

Mackenzie, Sir (Edward Montague) Compton (sh)




born Jan. 17, 1883, West Hartlepool, Durham, Eng.
died Nov. 30, 1972, Edinburgh, Scot.

British novelist and playwright.

Educated at Oxford University, he gave up legal studies to finish his first play, The Gentleman in Grey (1906). During World War I he directed the Aegean Intelligence Service in Syria; when he wrote about those experiences in Greek Memories (1932), he was prosecuted under Britain's Official Secrets Act. He founded Gramophone magazine in 1923 and edited it until 1962. He served as rector of Glasgow University (1931-34) and as literary critic for the London Daily Mail; his more than 100 novels, plays, and biographies include 10 volumes of memoirs.