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|name = Thomas Summers West
|name = Thomas Summers West
|image =[[File:T.S.West 1976 Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen.jpg|thumb|Launch of Scotland Land Use Ordinance Survey Maps 1976]]
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|caption = Imperial College, London 1965
|caption = Imperial College, London 1965
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|11|18}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|11|18}}
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|influences = [[Humphry Davy]]<br>[[William Thomas Brande]]
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|awards = [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] 1989 [[Commander of the British Empire]] 1988 [[Fondation del la Maison de la Chimie]] 1985 Paris [[Hon Member Buneski Kagakukai]] 1981 Japan [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]] 1979 [[Johannes Marcus Medal]] 1977 Bohemia [[Analytical Chemistry Society Gold Medal]] 1977 [[Chemical Society Chemical Analysis and Instrumentation Award]] 1976 [[Institute of Chemistry Meldola Medal]] 1956
|awards = [[Royal Medal]] (1835 & 1846)<br>[[Copley Medal]] (1832 & 1838)<br>[[Rumford Medal]] (1846)
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|name = Michael Faraday
|image =Faraday-Millikan-Gale-1913.jpg
|caption = Michael Faraday, 1861
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1791|9|22}}
|birth_place = [[Newington Butts]], England
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1867|8|25|1791|9|22}}
|death_place = [[Hampton Court]], Middlesex, England
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|fields = [[Physics]] and [[Chemistry]]
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|known_for = [[Faraday's law of induction]]<br>[[Electrochemistry]]<br>[[Faraday effect]]<br>[[Faraday cage]]<br>[[Faraday constant]]<br>[[Faraday cup]]<br>[[Faraday's laws of electrolysis]]<br>[[Faraday paradox]]<br>[[Faraday rotator]]<br>[[Faraday-efficiency effect]]<br>[[Faraday wave]]<br>[[Faraday Wheel|Faraday wheel]]<br>[[Lines of force]]
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Revision as of 13:16, 13 July 2013

Thomas Summers West
Launch of Scotland Land Use Ordinance Survey Maps 1976
Imperial College, London 1965
Born(1927-11-18)18 November 1927
Peterhead, Scotland
Died10 January 2010(2010-01-10) (aged 82)
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materAberdeen University
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society 1989 Commander of the British Empire 1988 Fondation del la Maison de la Chimie 1985 Paris Hon Member Buneski Kagakukai 1981 Japan Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1979 Johannes Marcus Medal 1977 Bohemia Analytical Chemistry Society Gold Medal 1977 Chemical Society Chemical Analysis and Instrumentation Award 1976 Institute of Chemistry Meldola Medal 1956
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsBirmingham University Imperial College London Macaulay Institute Aberdeen
Doctoral advisor<Professor R Belcher>
Notable studentsBernard Fleet, Roy Dagnall, Gordon Kirkright
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