Frederick George Mann
Frederick George Mann FRS | |
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Born | London, England | 29 June 1897
Died | 29 March 1982 Cambridge, England | (aged 84)
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Education | Cambridge University (PhD 1923, ScD 1932) |
Awards | Tilden Prize (1943) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic chemistry |
Institutions | Cambridge University |
Doctoral advisor | William Pope |
Doctoral students | Joseph Chatt |
Frederick George Mann FRS (29 June 1897 – 29 March 1982) was a British organic chemist.
Academic career
[edit]He completed his doctoral studies at Downing College, Cambridge under Sir William Pope, graduating in 1923. He continued at Downing as an assistant lecturer until 1930, when he was appointed to a lectureship at Trinity College. He spent his entire academic career at Cambridge, retiring in 1964.[1]
Scientific contributions
[edit]Mann's research spanned a variety of topics, many at the interface between organic and inorganic chemistry, including investigations of aliphatic polyamines, phosphines, arsines and their complexes; heterocyclic compounds of phosphorus and arsenic and their metal complexes; polycyclic nitrogen compounds; the structure and optical properties of transition metal complexes; stereochemistry, and cyanine dyes.[2][3]
Honours and awards
[edit]He won the Royal Society of Chemistry's Tilden Prize in 1943, and was elected to the Royal Society in 1947.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Frederick George Mann". Trinity College Chapel. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ a b Millar, I. T. (1984). "Frederick George Mann, 29 June 1897 - 29 March 1982". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 30. The Royal Society: 407–441. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1984.0015. ISSN 0080-4606. JSTOR 769833.
- ^ "Frederick G. Mann publications". Academictree.org. Retrieved 24 July 2020.