Neil Bartlett (chemist)

Neil Bartlett
Born(1932-09-15)15 September 1932
Died5 August 2008(2008-08-05) (aged 75)
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUS
Alma materKing's College, University of Durham (Newcastle University)
Known forCreating the first noble gas compound
AwardsCorday–Morgan Prize (1962)
Steacie Prize (1965)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1968)
Welch Award in Chemistry (1976)
William H. Nichols Medal (1983)
Davy Medal (2002)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
Princeton University
University of California, Berkeley

Neil Bartlett (15 September 1932 – 5 August 2008) was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds. He taught chemistry at the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley.