John Stuart Anderson

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John Stuart Anderson FRS (born January 9, 1908 in London , † December 25, 1990 ) was a British chemist .

Life

After attending school, Anderson studied at Imperial College London . He then worked as a visiting scientist at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , where his research established the chemistry of the so-called metal-nitrosyl complexes . In 1938 he moved to Melbourne University as a researcher , where he developed a process for the recovery of the element protactinium using a nuclear energy separation process. Together with Harry Emeléus (1903–1993) he wrote the standard textbook Modern Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry, which was first published in 1938 .

His work on metal halides and the partition of subordinate lanthanide elements sparked his interest in solids . In later years he therefore focused on the areas of solid-state and high-temperature chemistry . During his work at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) in Harwell (Oxford) he worked on research on uranium oxide . In 1953 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society .

In 1963 he was appointed first professor to the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford . During his teaching there until 1975, he researched the effects of extremely high temperatures on lanthanide carbides and developed an electron microscope to determine crystalline structures.

In 1973 he was awarded the Davy Medal of the Royal Society, the highest British honor for scientists in the field of chemistry, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in chemistry, in particular for the structural investigation of imperfect surfaces and non-stoichiometric materials . In 1975 he also received the Solid State Chemistry Award and the Longstaff Prize of the Chemical Society .

literature

Fonts

  • with Harry Emeléus: Modern Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry, London, Routledge , 1938; 4th edition with AG Sharpe, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of John Stuart Anderson at academictree.org, accessed January 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b entry on Anderson; John Stuart (1908-1990) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
  3. ^ Solid State Chemistry Award. Solid State Chemistry Award Winners. In: www.rsc.org. The Royal Society of Chemistry, accessed July 2, 2018 .
  4. ^ Longstaff Prize Previous Winners. In: www.rsc.org. The Royal Society of Chemistry, accessed July 2, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, John Stuart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chemist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1990