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]
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]
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]
He married Sue Morrish in 1961. They had four children. [2]
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]
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]
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]
He married Sue Morrish in 1961. They had four children. [2]