Henry Eyring

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Henry Eyring (born February 20, 1901 in Colonia Juarez , Mexico , † December 26, 1981 in Salt Lake City ) was an American theoretical chemist .

Eyring received his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley under George Ernest Gibson (1884–1959) with the topic A comparison of the ionization by and stopping power for alpha particles of elements and compounds . He taught at Princeton University and from 1949 at the University of Utah .

Eyring proposed a molecular reaction theory called the Eyring theory or transition state theory.

In 1949 he received the Bingham Medal for his services to rheology . In 1941 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society , 1945 to the National Academy of Sciences, and 1958 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1975 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina , and in 1980 he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry.

Eyring was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , where he advocated a more liberal interpretation of the scriptures and opposed narrow doctrine, particularly with regard to creation and evolution.

He and his wife, Mildred Bennion, had three sons: Edward M. "Ted" Eyring, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah, Henry B. Eyring , 1st Counselor in the First Presidency of Latter-day Saints, and Harden B. Eyring, who serves in the Utah State Higher Education Administration.

Tracy Hall is one of his PhD students .

Works

  • Eyring, H. (1935): The activated complex in chemical reactions . J. Chem. Phys. 3: 107-115

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Henry Eyring at academictree.org, accessed on February 4, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Eyring, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Colonia Juarez , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1981
Place of death Salt Lake City