Jack Linnett

John Wilfrid Linnett
Born3 August 1913
Coventry, England
Died7 November 1975(1975-11-07) (aged 62)
London, England
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Notable studentsKeith R. Jennings
Peter Jaffrey Wheatley
Graham Dixon-Lewis
Michael Barber (chemist)

John Wilfrid Linnett FRS (3 August 1913 – 7 November 1975) was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cambridge from 1973 to 1975.[1][2][3] He was for many years a Fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford, and a demonstrator in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford.

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  2. ^ Hartmann, Hermann (1976). "In memoriam John Wilfrid Linnett". Theoretica Chimica Acta. 41 (2): I. doi:10.1007/BF01178070. ISSN 0040-5744.
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