Ewart Jones

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Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones (born March 16, 1911 in Wrexham ; † May 7, 2002 ) was a British (Welsh) chemist.

Live and act

Jones studied physics and chemistry from 1929 at the University College of North Wales in Bangor (Wales) with a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1932. After that, he continued research for two years at his university and received his doctorate in 1936 with John Simonsen . In 1938 he was Lecturer and later Reader at Imperial College London , in 1947 Sir Samuel Hall Professor of Chemistry at the University of Manchester and in 1954 Wayneflee Professor of Organic Chemistry at Oxford University . In 1978 he retired.

Jones dealt with organic synthesis and chemistry of natural products (especially steroids , terpenes , vitamins such as vitamin A). The Jones oxidation is named after him.

Honors

In 1940 Jones received the Meldola Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, in 1966 the Davy Medal and in 1978 the Robert Robinson Award . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society . In 1967 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 1980 to 1982 he was the first president of the Royal Society of Chemistry, in the establishment of which he was significantly involved in 1980 (from the merger of the Chemical Society and the Royal Institute of Chemistry). In 1963 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor ("Sir").

literature

  • JH Jones: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Volume 49, pp. 263-282, December 1, 2003.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Ewart Ray Herbert Jones at academictree.org, accessed on February 15, 2018.
  2. ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Book of Members ( PDF ). Retrieved April 2, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Ewart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Sir Ewart Ray Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chemist
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Wrexham
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 2002