Samuel Francis Boys

This article is about the English mathematical chemist commonly known as Frank Boys. For the English cricketer, see Frank Cecil Boys.

Frank Boys
Born
Samuel Francis Boys

(1911-12-20)20 December 1911
Pudsey, Yorkshire, England
Died16 October 1972(1972-10-16) (aged 60)
Cambridge, England
Alma mater
Known forGaussian orbitals
ab initio quantum chemistry methods
AwardsFRS (1972)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical chemistry
Institutions
Doctoral advisorMartin Lowry
John Lennard-Jones
Doctoral studentsNicholas C. Handy[2][3]

Samuel Francis (Frank) Boys (20 December 1911 – 16 October 1972) was a British theoretical chemist.[1][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Coulson, C. A. (1973). "Samuel Francis Boys 1911-1972". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 19: 94–115. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1973.0004.
  2. ^ "Death of Professor Nicholas C. Handy, FRS". University of Cambridge. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013.
  3. ^ Clary, David C.; Knowles, Peter J.; Tozer, David J. (2015). "Nicholas Charles Handy 17 June 1941 – 2 October 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 61: 145–160. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0002. ISSN 0080-4606.
  4. ^ Boys, S. F.; Corner, J. (1949). "The Structure of the Reaction Zone in a Flame". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 197 (1048): 90. Bibcode:1949RSPSA.197...90B. doi:10.1098/rspa.1949.0052.
  5. ^ Boys, S. F. (1950). "Electronic Wave Functions. I. A General Method of Calculation for the Stationary States of Any Molecular System". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 200 (1063): 542–554. Bibcode:1950RSPSA.200..542B. doi:10.1098/rspa.1950.0036. S2CID 122709395.