Jack D. Dunitz | |
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 Jack Dunitz, ca. 1960 | |
| Born | Jack David Dunitz 29 March 1923[1] Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 12 September 2021 (aged 98) |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Known for | Bürgi–Dunitz angle |
| Spouse | Barbara Steuer[1] |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1974) Gregori Aminoff Prize (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | ETH Zurich University of Glasgow University of Oxford California Institute of Technology US National Institute of Health Royal Institution[1] |
| Thesis | The crystal and molecular structure of acetylene dicarboxylic acid dihydrate and of diacetylene dicarboxylic acid dihydrate (1946 submitted, accepted 1947) |
| Doctoral advisor | J. Monteath Robertson |
| Other academic advisors | Dorothy Hodgkin Linus Pauling Lawrence Bragg |
| Doctoral students | Hans-Beat Bürgi |
| Other notable students | Odile Eisenstein (postdoc) Keith Hodgson (postdoc) |
| Website | www |
Jack David Dunitz FRS (29 March 1923 – 12 September 2021) was a British chemist and widely known chemical crystallographer. He was Professor of Chemical Crystallography at the ETH Zurich from 1957 until his official retirement in 1990. He held Visiting Professorships in the United States, Israel, Japan, Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom.
In 1953 he married Barbara Steuer and had two daughters Marguerite (1955) and Julia Gabrielle (1957).[1]
- ^ a b c d "DUNITZ, Prof. Jack David". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)