Michael Dewar

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Michael James Steuart Dewar (born September 24, 1918 in Ahmednagar , † October 10, 1997 in Gainesville (Florida) ) was a chemist .

Life

His parents were from Scotland . His father worked for the British Government of India .

At Oxford he did his Bachelor and Ph.D. -Degree from Balliol College . In 1951 he began teaching chemistry at Queen Mary, University of London . In 1959 he went to the University of Chicago . From 1963 he conducted research at the University of Texas at Austin . In 1989 he moved to the University of Florida , where he retired five years later.

He married Mary Williamson in 1944, with whom he had two sons, including Robert Dewar . He outlived his wife, who died of lung cancer in 1994, by a few years.

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In 1945 he determined the structure of stipitate acid . This belongs to the then new group of tropolones , whose name he coined. With a series of other works, he made a significant contribution to advances in theoretical chemistry. He made numerous contributions to computational models in quantum chemistry.

Honors

He has received numerous awards, including a. he was honored with membership in the Royal Society , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1966) and the National Academy of Sciences (1983). In 1982 he received the Davy Medal , in 1989 the Tetrahedron Prize and in 1974 the Robert Robinson Award .

Fonts

  • Electronic Theory of Organic Chemistry, Oxford: Clarendon Press 1949
  • Introduction to Modern Chemistry, Oxford University Press 1965
  • Molecular Orbitals, Springer Verlag 1971
  • Hyperconjugation, New York: Ronald Press 1962
  • with Ralph C. Dougherty: PMO Theory of Organic Chemistry, New York: Plenum 1975
  • A semiempirical Life, Washington DC, American Chemical Society 1992
  • Molecular Orbital Theory of Organic Chemistry, McGraw Hill 1969

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personal data
SURNAME Dewar, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dewar, Michael James Steuart (full name); Dewar, Michael JS
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theoretical chemist
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Ahmednagar
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1997
Place of death Gainesville (Florida)