Michael Elliott (chemist)

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Michael Elliott
CBE FRS FRSC
Born(1924-09-30)30 September 1924
Died17 October 2007(2007-10-17) (aged 83)
Alma materUniversity of Southampton

Michael Elliott, CBE, FRS, FRSC (30 September 1924 – 17 October 2007) was a chemist and Lawes Trust Senior Fellow at Rothamsted Experimental Station who invented and commercialised the development of novel insecticides known as pyrethroids.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Elliott, M.; Janes, N. F. (1978). "Synthetic pyrethroids? A new class of insecticide". Chemical Society Reviews. 7 (4): 473. doi:10.1039/cs9780700473.
  2. ^ Elliott, M.; Farnham, A. W.; Janes, N. F.; Needham, P. H.; Pearson, B. C. (1967). "5-Benzyl-3-furylmethyl Chrysanthemate: a New Potent Insecticide". Nature. 213 (5075): 493–494. Bibcode:1967Natur.213..493E. doi:10.1038/213493a0. S2CID 4255634.
  3. ^ Elliott, M.; Farnham, A. W.; Janes, N. F.; Needham, P. H.; Pulman, D. A.; Stevenson, J. H. (1973). "A Photostable Pyrethroid". Nature. 246 (5429): 169–170. Bibcode:1973Natur.246..169E. doi:10.1038/246169a0. PMID 4586114. S2CID 4176154.
  4. ^ Elliott, M.; Farnham, A. W.; Janes, N. F.; Needham, P. H.; Pulman, D. A. (1974). "Synthetic insecticide with a new order of activity". Nature. 248 (5450): 710–711. Bibcode:1974Natur.248..710E. doi:10.1038/248710a0. PMID 4833277. S2CID 4150273.