Claim: Meredith Gwynne Evans, a British physical chemist who made important theoretical contributions in the study of chemical reaction rates and reaction mechanisms, attended the elementary school at which his father was Headmaster and was the eldest son in a family of three sons and one daughter.
Evidence: Meredith Gwynne Evans, FRS (2 December 1904 – 25 December 1952) was a British physical chemist, who made important theoretical contributions in the study of chemical reaction rates and reaction mechanisms. Evans attended the elementary school at which his father was Headmaster, won a County Scholarship to Leigh Grammar School, and was educated at the University of Manchester. He was the eldest son in a family of three sons and one daughter.