Basil Weedon | |
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 Oil on canvas painting | |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham | |
| In office 1976–1988 | |
| Preceded by | John Butterfield |
| Succeeded by | Colin Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1923 Wimbledon, London |
| Died | 10 October 2003 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | Imperial College, London |
Professor Basil Charles Leicester Weedon CBE, FRS (18 July 1923 – 10 October 2003) was an organic chemist and university administrator. Using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, he was the first to map the structures of carotenoid pigments, including astaxanthin, rubixanthin and canthaxanthin.[1]