William Moffitt

William E. Moffitt
Born(1925-11-09)9 November 1925
Berlin, Germany
Died19 December 1958(1958-12-19) (aged 33)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum chemistry
InstitutionsHarvard University
Thesis The Electronic Structure of Coronene and Pyrene  (1948)
Doctoral advisorCharles Coulson
Doctoral students

William E. Moffitt (9 November 1925 – 19 December 1958[1]) was a British quantum chemist. He died after a heart attack following a squash match.[2] He had been thought to be one of Britain's most gifted academics.[3]

  1. ^ The Harvard Crimson, 5 January 1959
  2. ^ Prof William Moffit, Obituaries, by Charles Coulson, The Times, 30 December 1958 page 8
  3. ^ Wilson, Edgar Bright (1959). "Prof. William Moffitt". Nature. 184 (4679): 21–22. Bibcode:1959Natur.184...21W. doi:10.1038/184021b0.