Maxwell Bruce Donald (1897 - 6 January 1978)[1][2] was a Ramsay professor of chemical engineering at University College London[3] and a historian specialising in mining.
[6] During the 1930s, Donald worked with the professor of biochemistry, Sir Jack Drummond on the isolation of Vitamin A and B from fish liver oil and wheat germ.
[6] Donald was the initial academic liaison and member of the editorial board of the journal Chemical Engineering Science which launched in October 1951.
[11] At UCL, Donald worked with Eric Mitchell Crook on developing the discipline of biochemical engineering, including the production the first coenzyme A in Britain from yeast as part of a Medical Research Council project.
[12][13][14][6][15] With Ernest Baldwin, head of biochemistry, Donald set up a joint diploma in 1959, later a masters programme in biochemical engineering at UCL.