Robert Neville Haszeldine FRS, FRSC (3 May 1925 – 13 October 2016) was a British chemist. He is best known for his contributions to organofluorine chemistry, such as the discovery/invention of triflic acid. [1]
He was educated at Stockport Grammar School and the University of Birmingham. Moving to the University of Cambridge he rose to assistant director of Research, [2] before becoming Professor of Chemistry and Principal of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. [3]
He had a two-acre garden in Great Langdale, Cumbria, which was regularly opened to the public under the National Garden Scheme. [4] [5]
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1968. [6]
He died on 13 October 2016 at the age of 91. [7]
Robert Neville Haszeldine FRS, FRSC (3 May 1925 – 13 October 2016) was a British chemist. He is best known for his contributions to organofluorine chemistry, such as the discovery/invention of triflic acid. [1]
He was educated at Stockport Grammar School and the University of Birmingham. Moving to the University of Cambridge he rose to assistant director of Research, [2] before becoming Professor of Chemistry and Principal of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. [3]
He had a two-acre garden in Great Langdale, Cumbria, which was regularly opened to the public under the National Garden Scheme. [4] [5]
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1968. [6]
He died on 13 October 2016 at the age of 91. [7]