James Oliver Glanville

Alternate Names

     He was also known as Jim.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     James Oliver Glanville was born on 24 July 1941 at Surrey Mid Eastern registered, SRY, ENG.
     He married an unknown person after 1961 yielding two children.
     He died on 22 November 2019 at Blacksburg, VA, USA, (when age calculated as 78); with obituary:
     James Oliver Glanville July 24, 1941 – November 22, 2019 Jim was born in 1941 in London, England and graduated from the Royal College of Science with a B.Sc. degree in chemistry. He emigrated to the United States in September 1962 and received a Ph.D. in physical-inorganic chemistry from the University of Maryland. He was successively Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Western Community College and Vice-president of Research and Development at Wen-Don Chemical Corporation, a producer of specialty chemical products.
     After working as a visiting Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Tech, he became Director of General Chemistry in 1986. He retired from Virginia Tech as Emeritus Associate Professor of Chemistry in February 2004. He was the author of 35 professional chemical publications, five patents, and a chemistry textbook.
     In retirement, he made a second career as an independent scholar of history and archeology focusing on the prehistory and pre-1800 history of Southwest Virginia. He published many articles and lectured in many venues on these subjects. He was an adopted member of the Remnant Yuchi Tribe under Chief Lee Vest. His website, holstonia.net, is a composite of his work. He became an American citizen on 4 July 1972 in Roanoke.
     He is survived by his wife, Deena Flinchum; and two children by a previous marriage. At his request, no memorial service will be held. As his interests were varied, everyone wishing to donate to a cause in his memory should donate to one of their choice.

Other information

     James was married 2 times.
     James Oliver Glanville immigrated in September 1962 to the USA. He was living in 2001 at Blacksburg, VA, USA.
     In 2014 he summarised his biography on his website holstonia.net :
My Summary Biographical Information
201 Graves Avenue
Blacksburg, VA 24060-5305
540-953-1866
jglanville@blacksburg.net
www.holstonia.net
     I was born in 1941 in London, England, and after primary education at Streatham Grammar School attended Alleyns School from 1952-1958. I then worked for one year (1958-1959) for the British Oxygen Company as a Chemical Technician. I attended the Royal College of Science in South Kensington, London, from 1959-1962 and graduated a month before my 21st birthday with a B.Sc. degree in chemistry. I emigrated to the United States in September 1962 and studied at the University of Maryland from 1962-1967. My Ph.D. degree in physical-inorganic chemistry from the University of Maryland was awarded in 1967. My Ph.D. thesis reported the molecular structure of an organometallic platinum compound as determined by x-ray crystallography.
     In 1967-1968 I taught at the Bullis School in Silver Spring. Maryland. In 1968-1969 I worked with FMC Corporation in New Jersey in the field of the industrial applications of hydrogen peroxide. I moved to Roanoke, Virginia, in 1969 with my first wife and two daughters. In Roanoke, I was successively Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Western Community College (1969-1978) and Vice-president of Research and Development at Wen-Don Chemical Corporation (1980-1986). Wen-Don was a producer of specialty chemical products, and particularly such products for the coal industry. I spent the academic year 1978-1979 as visiting Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. I became Director of General Chemistry at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg in 1986 and that year moved from Roanoke to Blacksburg. I retired from Virginia Tech as Emeritus Associate Professor of Chemistry in February, 2004. Across my chemistry career I was the author of 35 professional chemical publications, five patents, and a chemistry text book (General Chemistry for Engineers, editions in 2001, 2003, and 2004).
     In retirement, I have made a second career as an independent scholar of history and archeology focusing on the prehistory and pre-1800 history of Southwest Virginia. My regularly updated list of Publications and Presentations made in my encore career is on line at http://www.holstonia.net/files/Publist.pdf
     I became an American citizen on 4 July 1972 in Roanoke and am married to Deena Flinchum, a Wytheville, Virginia, native. Deena moved to Blacksburg after retiring in 2002 and has made her own highly successful encore career as a volunteer specializing in the complex issues of health care insurance for the elder community.