He was a professor of chemistry at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England, who prepared metallic vanadium. He had worked with Bunsen in Heidelberg, Germany, on spectroscopy; a famous photograph poses the trio Roscoe, Bunsen, and Kirchhoff.

1. "Vanadium I " article in the Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma
   
   
2. "Vanadium II " article in the Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma
   
   
3. "Vanadium III " article in the Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma
   
   
4. Photographs of Heidelberg, Germany
   
   
5. Manchester, England