Ian Smith | |
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| Born | Ian William Murison Smith 15 June 1937 |
| Died | 8 November 2016 (aged 79) |
| Education | Giggleswick School |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Spouse |
Sue Morrish (
m. 1961) |
| Awards |
Tilden Prize (1983) Polanyi Medal (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions |
University of Birmingham University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Tony Callear |
| Doctoral students | Gus Hancock David Klenerman [1] |
Ian William Murison Smith FRS FRSC (15 June 1937 – 8 November 2016) [2] [3] was a chemist who served as a research fellow and lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1985 and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham from 1985 to 2002. [3] [4]
Education
Smith was educated at Giggleswick School [3] then in the West Riding of Yorkshire and the University of Cambridge where he studied the Natural Sciences Tripos as an undergraduate student of Christ's College, Cambridge. [2] He graduated in 1960 and went on to gain a PhD in 1964 supervised by Tony Callear. [2]
Research and career
Smith was a leading researcher in reaction kinetics, energy transfer and molecular dynamics in gas phase systems. [2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1995, [2] a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)[ when?] and awarded the Tilden Prize in 1983 [2] and the Polanyi Medal in 1990 by the Royal Society of Chemistry. His former doctoral students include David Klenerman [5] [1] and Gus Hancock. [2] [6] [7]
Personal life
He married Sue Morrish in 1961. They had four children. [2]
References
- ^ a b Klenerman, David (1985). Infrared chemiluminescence using a SISAM spectrometer. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 499899771. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.355881.
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h Hancock, Gus (2018).
"Ian William Murison Smith. 15 June 1937—8 November 2016" (PDF).
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 64. London:
Royal Society: 401–419.
doi:
10.1098/rsbm.2017.0033.
ISSN
0080-4606.
- ^ a b c Anon (2007). "Smith, Prof. Ian William Murison". Who's Who & Who Was Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.35371. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Anon (2016). "Professor Ian Murison Smith, FRS". ch.cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Interdisciplinary Award 2007 Winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Professor Gus (Graham) Hancock BA(Dublin) MA(Dublin, Oxon) PhD(Cantab) Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). infiqc.fcq.unc.edu.ar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018.
- ^ Hancock, (Graham) Gus (1971). A study of some elementary processes using infrared chemiluminescence. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 500462959. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.458050.
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