Robert T. Morrison
Robert Thornton Morrison (born September 30, 1918 in Lima (Ohio) , † April 25, 2010 in Morristown (New Jersey) ) was an American chemist (physical organic chemistry ).
He grew up in Springfield (Ohio) and attended Wittenberg College with a bachelor's degree in 1939. He then went to the University of Chicago , where he worked in 1944 with Morris S. Kharasch with the work The effect of metallic halides on certain Grignard reactions received her doctorate . During World War II he was a radar officer in the US Navy and after a period as a post-doctoral student at Northwestern University , he was professor at New York University from 1948 until his early retirement in 1968 .
He is best known for being the author of an organic chemistry textbook with Robert N. Boyd , first published in 1959. It was a standard textbook in the United States, went through six editions, and was translated into several languages. With over 2 million copies sold, it was the best-selling textbook in organic chemistry.
He was married and had two sons and a daughter.
Fonts
- Morrison, Robert N. Boyd: Textbook of Organic Chemistry , 3rd Edition, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1986, ISBN 3-527-26067-6 .
- First as Organic Chemistry , Boston: Allyn and Bacon 1959, 6th edition Prentice-Hall 1992
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Robert T. Morrison at academictree.org, accessed on January 3 of 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morrison, Robert T. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morrison, Robert Thornton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lima (Ohio) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 2010 |
| Place of death | Morristown, New Jersey |