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Williams then spent another period back at Merton, having won a junior research fellowship, Then, “out of the blue, in 1954, Cyril Hinshelwood, then Oxford Professor of Chemistry, asked to see Bob.” He was told that three colleges—Christ Church, Pembroke and Wadham—needed a tutor in chemistry. “Each one will invite you to dine.
Matthew John Fuchter FRSC is a British chemist who is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. [1] His research focuses on the development and application of novel functional molecular systems to a broad range of areas; from materials to medicine.
Sutherland lectured organic chemistry at Oxford for eight years. In 1998 he accepted a position at the University of Manchester as Professor of Biological Chemistry, a position he held until 2010 before moving to Cambridge and the Medical Research Council (UK) Laboratory of Molecular Biology. [6]
Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxford and Cambridge Questions, (3 Jun 2010), Co-author with Libby Purves. Icon Books, ISBN 978-1848311329. Short-listed for the 'Society of Authors Education Award'. The Story of Science and Technology (A Journey Through History), (15 August 2010), Published by Rosen Publishing, ISBN 978-1448806218
The original Physical Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1941 [2] and at that time also housed the inorganic chemistry laboratory. It replaced the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories. [3] The east wing of the building was completed in 1959 and inorganic chemistry, already in its own building on South Parks Road, then became a separate department in ...
Baldwin was the second son of Frederick C N Baldwin and Olive F Headland. He was educated at Brighton Grammar School and Lewes County Grammar School.He attended Imperial College, London (BSc, DIC, PhD) [1] and received his Ph.D. working under the direction of Sir Derek H.R. Barton, FRS, Nobel Laureate, [9] who described him as his best student.
Chemistry was first recognized as a separate discipline at Oxford with the building of a laboratory attached to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, opening in 1860. [4] The laboratory is a small octagonal structure to the right of the museum, built in stone in the Victorian Gothic style.
In 1980 he returned to Oxford to take up a University Lectureship in Chemistry. Whilst remaining an active academic, in 1991 he founded Oxford Asymmetry Ltd (an asymmetric synthesis company) as sole investor. [5] He also founded Oxford Diversity Ltd (a combinatorial chemistry company). [6]