Michael Lappert | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 March 2014[1]
East Sussex, England, U.K. | (aged 85)
Alma mater | Northern Polytechnic |
Scientific career | |
Fields | inorganic chemistry |
Thesis | Interaction of boron trichloride with alcohols and ethers (1951) |
Doctoral advisor | William Gerrard |
Doctoral students |
E.W. Abel Philip Power |
Michael Franz Lappert FRS [1](31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014) [2] was a Czech-born British inorganic chemist. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes. [3]
Lappert was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the UK as a Kindertransport refugee. [4] He received his PhD in 1951 at the Northern Polytechnic, London.[ citation needed]
His areas of research often included studies on low coordination numbers and metal amido complexes. [5] [6]
Lappert was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1979. [1]
Michael Lappert | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 March 2014[1]
East Sussex, England, U.K. | (aged 85)
Alma mater | Northern Polytechnic |
Scientific career | |
Fields | inorganic chemistry |
Thesis | Interaction of boron trichloride with alcohols and ethers (1951) |
Doctoral advisor | William Gerrard |
Doctoral students |
E.W. Abel Philip Power |
Michael Franz Lappert FRS [1](31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014) [2] was a Czech-born British inorganic chemist. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes. [3]
Lappert was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the UK as a Kindertransport refugee. [4] He received his PhD in 1951 at the Northern Polytechnic, London.[ citation needed]
His areas of research often included studies on low coordination numbers and metal amido complexes. [5] [6]
Lappert was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1979. [1]