Rex Edward Richards

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Sir Rex Edward Richards FRS FRSC FBA (born October 28, 1922 in Colyton , Devon , England - † July 15, 2019 ) was a British chemist .

Life

After attending school he studied chemistry at the University of Oxford and was then from 1947 to 1964 a tutor and scientist at Lincoln College there .

Since the late 1940s , he dealt with fundamental studies in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , before he later dealt with the application of NMR spectroscopy for biological problems and the development of magnetic resonance tomography . The Royal Society of Chemistry awarded him the Corday Morgan Medal in 1954 . Five years later he was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society .

In 1964 he then accepted a professorship at the Dr. Lee held the Chair of Physical Chemistry before he was Director of Merton College at the University of Oxford from 1969 to 1984 . In 1976, Richards was awarded the Royal Society's Davy Medal, the highest British honor for scientists in the field of chemistry, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its application to chemical and biological problems .

In 1977 he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree and from then on carried the title of nobility "Sir". He was also Vice Chancellor of Oxford University from 1977 to 1981 .

In 1982 he became Chancellor of the University of Exeter, founded in 1955, and held this position until 1998. Between 1984 and 1993 he was director of the Leverhulme Trust , founded by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme , for grants in the field of research.

Sir Rex Richards also received the Royal Medal in 1986 in recognition of his many practical and theoretical contributions to magnetic resonance . He was also President of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1992 and a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sir Rex Richards 1922–2019. Merton College Oxford, July 18, 2019, accessed July 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Award winners: Davy Medal. The Royal Society, accessed July 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Richards, Rex Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British chemist
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Colyton , Devon , England
DATE OF DEATH 15th July 2019