Roscoe G. Dickinson
Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson (born May 3, 1894 in Brewer , Maine , † July 13, 1945 in Pasadena , California ) was an American chemist . He was a professor at Caltech .
Dickinson studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was trained by Arthur Amos Noyes in 1920 with the topic The crystal structures of wulfenite and scheelite. II. The crystal structures of sodium chlorate and sodium bromate at Caltech doctorate , as the first doctoral student ever at Caltech. In his dissertation he used X-ray crystallography to investigate the crystal structure of wulfenite , scheelite , sodium chlorate and sodium bromate .
He dealt with X-ray crystallography and was the PhD supervisor of Linus Pauling and Arnold Orville Beckman .
literature
- Obituary by Linus Pauling, Science, Volume 102, 1945, p. 216
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of Roscoe G. Dickinson at academictree.org, accessed on January 29, 2018.
- ^ Pauling Early work on x-ray crystallography at Caltech , pdf
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| SURNAME | Dickinson, Roscoe G |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dickinson, Roscoe Gilkey (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brewer , Maine |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1945 |
| Place of death | Pasadena , California |