John IG Cadogan

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Sir John Ivan George Cadogan (born October 8, 1930 in Pembrey, Carmanthenshire ( Wales ) - † February 9, 2020 ) was a British chemist .

Life

John IG Cadogan was born in Pembrey, Wales in 1930. He attended Swansea Grammar School and then King's College London , where he graduated with honors and was nominated for the Millar Thomson Award and the Samuel Smiles Prize. After serving as a research fellow at the Chemical Defense Establishment Porton Down, he returned to King's College with a chemistry teaching post. At age 32 he became a professor of chemistry at the University of St Andrews . Six years later he also became a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Edinburgh . In 1979 John IG Cadogan became Scientific Director of the British Petroleum Company (BP). From 1981 to 1992 he was the first worldwide director of research. Ar also served as director of BP Chemicals International, BP Gas International, BP Venezuela, BP Solar International, Kaldair International, BP Advanced Composites, BP Vencap, BP Ventures and the BP Innovation Center.

While at BP, he led an independent research group in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh.

John IG Cadogan was fundamentally interested in popularizing science. He has given lectures and many other lectures on television to over 10,000 school children. He was also involved in the first live television broadcast from London to New Zealand. In addition, he was a member of the Salters' Company and director of the Salter's Institute, which does community service to teach chemistry and engineering.

research

John IG Cadogan researched organic reaction mechanisms. In particular, reactions with short contact times, organic prophor chemistry and heterocyclic syntheses were his specialty. But reactive intermediates - such as radicals , nitrenes and arenes - were also part of his research area.

Positions and Memberships

John IG Cadogan was a member of the Higher Education Funding Council in England. From 1991 to 1993 he was a member of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, where he pursued scientific advantages. An important and big change in this was the use of DNA analysis . Subsequently, Cadogan was the first director of the Research Council of the Office of Science and Technology from 1994 to 1998 .

In addition, he was a member of the Board of Governors of the European Union Joint Research Center from 1993 to 2000 and served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Institution. He was also a member of the Council of the Royal Society twice. He has chaired the Science Research Council's Chemistry Committee, a member of the Science and Engineering Research Council, and chaired the Science Board. Furthermore, John IG Cadogan was a member of the Higher Education Council for Wales, chairman of this research group, former president of the Royal Society of Chemistry and head of the Defense Scientific Advisory Council for 8 years. Cadogan then headed the Defense Nuclear Safety Committee - also for eight years. Cadogan was also a member of the Council of the Royal College of Defense Studies and the Council of the Royal College of Military Science. From 1979 to 2002 he was Professor of Chemistry at Imperial College London and from 1979 to 2007 Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wales at Swansea . Cadogan was also a science police advisor to the Science Foundation in Ireland until 2006. In addition, from 1994 to 1998 he was the first director of the Research Council of the Office of Science and Technology , lecture president of the Learned Society of Wales and chairman of Fusion Antibodies Ltd. Since 2004 he has been an investor and head of DNA Research Innovations Ltd.

Awards

John IG Cadogan has been recognized for his honorary doctorate at the Universities of St Andrews, Edinburgh, Stirling, Aberdeen, Wales, Aix-Marseille, Cranfield, Durham, Glamorgan, Leicester, London, Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Sunderland, and Wales. He has also been recognized for honorary membership at the University of Swansea, the University of Cardiff, King's College, Imperial College, and Swansea Metropolitan University. In addition, Cadogan received an award for his membership in the Royal Society of Chemistry, which nominated him for the Lord Lewis Prize in 2010. On February 14, 1991 Cadogan was knighted as a Knight Bachelor .

John IG Cadogan was nominated for the Corday Morgan Medal and the Chemical Society Prize for his research . He also received the Meldola Medal from the Royal Institute of Chemistry and the Tilden and Pedler Lectureships of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2001 he received the Society of Chemical Industry's Medal and in 2012 Cadogan was nominated for the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his research.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary Chemistry World
  2. ↑ a b c d Mosley, Charles: Burke's peerage, baronetage and knightage . 107th ed.Burke's Peerage & Gentry, Stokesley 2003, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 , pp. 638 .
  3. ↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
  4. ↑ List of Fellowa. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
  5. ^ Learnedsociety. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Cadogan, John IG
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cadogan, John Ivan George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chemist
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Pembrey, Carmanthenshire ( Wales )
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2020