Ralph Raphael
Ralph Alexander Raphael (born January 1, 1921 in Croydon , Surrey , † April 27, 1998 in Cambridge ) was an English chemist.
life and work
Raphael went to school in Dublin and London, studied chemistry at Imperial College London and received a bachelor's degree with top marks in 1941. As a student, he won the Hofmann Prize. In 1943 he received his doctorate from Imperial College with a dissertation on the chemistry of acetylenes . From 1943 to 1946 he worked on the synthesis of penicillin at May and Baker. He then did research as an ICI Fellow at Imperial College. He was a lecturer from 1949 , became Professor of Organic Chemistry at Queen's University Belfast in 1954, was Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow from 1957 to 1972 and then until 1988 Professor of Organic Chemistry and Fellow of Christ Church College at Cambridge University . At Cambridge he headed the Faculty of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (physical chemistry was outsourced).
He succeeded in various organic syntheses, including that of the queen bee's substance . One focus of his work was the use of acetylenes as intermediates in organic synthesis.
In 1981 he received the Davy Medal and in 1948 the Mendola Medal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 1958 and a Fellow of the Royal Society and CBE since 1962 .
In 1944 he married Prudence Gaffikin and had a son and a daughter.
literature
- L. Crombie: Ralph Alexander Raphael, CBE 1 January 1921 - 27 April 1998: Elected FRS 1962, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 46, 2000, p. 465.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raphael, Ralph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raphael, Ralph Alexander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Croydon |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1998 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |