Geoffrey Wilkinson

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson
Wilkinson, c. 1976
Born(1921-07-14)14 July 1921
Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died26 September 1996(1996-09-26) (aged 75)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materImperial College London (PhD)
Known forHomogeneous transition metal catalysis
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic chemistry
Institutions
ThesisSome physico-chemical observations on hydrolysis in the homogeneous vapour phase (1946)
Doctoral advisorHenry Vincent Aird Briscoe[2]
Other academic advisorsGlenn T. Seaborg (post doctoral advisor)
Doctoral students
Other notable studentsRichard A. Andersen (postdoc)

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS[1] (14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996) was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.[6][7]

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  3. ^ Davison, Alan (1962). Studies on the chemistry of transition metal carbonyls. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. hdl:10044/1/13205.
  4. ^ Green, Malcolm L. H.; Cummins, Christopher C.; Kronauge, James F. (2017). "Alan Davison. 24 March 1936 – 14 November 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 197–213. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0004. ISSN 0080-4606.
  5. ^ Green, Malcolm Leslie Hodder Green (1958). A study of some transitional metal hydrides and olefin complexes. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). Imperial College London.
  6. ^ "Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson 1921−1996 IN MEMORIAM". Inorganic Chemistry. 35 (26): 7463–7464. 1996. doi:10.1021/ic961299i.
  7. ^ "Geoffrey Wilkinson Patents". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2006.