Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff

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Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff (born August 9, 1897 in Geneva (New York) , † November 3, 1994 in Tucson , Arizona) was an American crystallographer .

Life

Wyckoff received a B.Sc. from Hobart College and a Ph.D. at Cornell University . From 1919 to 1927 he worked in the geophysical laboratory at the Carnegie Institution of Washington . From 1927 to 1937 he worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and then for the US Public Health Service.

Wyckoff was a professor at the University of Arizona at Tucson from 1959 to 1981 .

He pioneered the study of crystal structures and biological substances using X-rays. In addition, he expanded the application possibilities of electron microscopy and ultracentrifugation in medical and biochemical research. In 1949 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences , and in 1950 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1965 he became a corresponding member and in 1974 a foreign member of the Académie des sciences .

Works (selection)

  • The structure of crystals . The Chemical Catalog Comp., New York 1924
  • The biochemistry of animal fossils . Scientechnica, Bristol 1972, ISBN 0-85608-004-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Past Members: RWG Wyckoff (1897-1994). Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, accessed March 16, 2020 .
  2. ^ List of former members since 1666: Letter W. Académie des sciences, accessed on March 16, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Wyckoff, Ralph Walter Graystone
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American crystallographer
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva (New York)
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1994
Place of death Tucson , Arizona