Alexander F. Wells

Alexander Frank Wells
Born(1912-09-02)2 September 1912
London, United Kingdom
Died28 November 1994(1994-11-28) (aged 82)
EducationUniversity of Oxford
University of Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Birmingham
Imperial Chemical Industries
University of Connecticut
Thesis The Crystal Structures of Certain Complex Metallic Compounds
Doctoral advisorJohn Desmond Bernal
Other academic advisorsFrederick George Mann

Alexander Frank Wells (2 September 1912 – 28 November 1994), or A. F. Wells, was a British chemist and crystallographer. He is known for his work on structural inorganic chemistry, which includes the description and classification of structural motifs, such as the polyhedral coordination environments, in crystals obtained from X-ray crystallography.[1] His work is summarized in a classic reference book, Structural inorganic chemistry, first appeared in 1945 and has since gone through five editions.[2] In addition, his work on crystal structures in terms of nets have been important and inspirational for the field of metal-organic frameworks and related materials.[3]

  1. ^ "Alexander F. Wells (1912-1994)". www.iucr.org. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ^ Baur, Werner H. (3 April 2014). "One hundred years of inorganic crystal chemistry – a personal view". Crystallography Reviews. 20 (2): 64–116. doi:10.1080/0889311X.2013.879648. ISSN 0889-311X.
  3. ^ O'Keeffe, M.; Peskov, M. A; Ramsden, S.; Yaghi, O.M. (2008). "The Reticular Chemistry Structure Resource (RCSR) Database of, and Symbols for, CrystalNets". Acc. Chem. Res. 41 (12): 1782-1789. doi:10.1021/ar800124u. Retrieved 15 April 2024.