Alan Earnshaw
Alan Earnshaw is a British chemist ( inorganic chemistry ).
Earnshaw studied in Sheffield (bachelor's degree in 1955) and London (doctorate in 1958), was a lecturer at Battersea College of Technology and became a lecturer at the University of Leeds in 1966 . In 1995 he retired.
He is best known for a textbook with Norman Greenwood Chemistry of the Elements , which contributed to the spread and recognition of inorganic chemistry in the UK and has been translated into several languages.
Fonts (selection)
- with Norman Greenwood: Chemistry of the Elements , Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1984, 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann 1997, ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8 .
- German translation: Chemistry of the elements , Weinheim: VCH 1988, 1990.
- with Jack Lewis: Introduction to Magnetochemistry , Academic Press 1968.
- with Thomas John Harrington: The chemistry of the transition elements , Oxford: Clarendon Press 1973.
Web links
- Greenwood on his collaboration with Earnshaw , Web of Stories
Individual evidence
- ^ University of Leeds Review 1995
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| SURNAME | Earnshaw, Alan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |