Frederick Sydney Dainton
Frederick Sydney Dainton, Baron Dainton FRS (born November 11, 1914 in Sheffield , South Yorkshire , England , † December 5, 1997 in Oxford , Oxfordshire , England) was a British chemist in the field of physical chemistry as well as a professor and university president.
Life
University professor and researcher
After attending school, he studied at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge and in 1946 first became HO Jones - Lecturer for physical chemistry at the University of Cambridge.
In 1950 he accepted a professorship for chemistry at the University of Leeds , later switched to the chair for chemistry at the University of Oxford and worked there until 1973. In between he was also Vice Chancellor of the University of Nottingham .
During his teaching and research activities in the field of physical chemistry, he dealt in particular with chemical kinetics , photochemistry and radiation chemistry . For his services he received the Tilden Medal of the Chemical Society in 1950 and was later President of the Faraday Society from 1965 to 1967 . Dainton was finally in 1969 for its outstanding work in the field of the reaction mechanism with the Davy Medal awarded by the Royal Society, the highest British award for scientists in the field of chemistry.
After he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor in 1971 , he also received the Faraday Medal of the Chemical Society in 1973 . In 1972 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1991 to the American Philosophical Society . In 1975 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . On March 4, 1996 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
University President and member of the House of Lords
From 1973 to 1978 he was chairman of the University Grants Committee , an advisory body to the British government on issues relating to university funding, and then from 1978 to 1985 chairman of the board of directors of the British Library , the national library of Great Britain. At the same time he was the successor of Rab Butler from 1978 until his death Chancellor of the University of Sheffield. During this time he was also Chairman of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1980 .
In 1986 he became a Life Peer in the peerage collected and served as Baron Dainton , of Hallam Moors in the County of South Yorkshire so until his death a member of the upper house ( House of Lords ) .
source
- Chambers Biographical Dictionary , Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2 , p. 390
Individual evidence
- ↑ Davy Medal Winners 1989-1900
- ^ Member History: Lord Dainton. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 3, 2018 .
- ^ List of members . In: Yearbook of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . tape 1999 , 2000, pp. 28 .
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 19, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dainton, Frederick Sydney |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dainton, Frederick Sydney, Baron Dainton (full name); Dainton, Sir Frederick Sydney |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield , South Yorkshire, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1997 |
| Place of death | Oxford |