Anthony Ledwith
Anthony Ledwith | |
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| Born | 14 August 1933 |
| Died | 5 January 2015 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool (PhD) |
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| Institutions | University of Sheffield |
| Thesis | Some new types of polymerization (1957) |
Anthony Ledwith CBE FRS (4 August 1933 – 5 January 2015) was a British chemist.[1]
Education
Ledwith was awarded a PhD from the University of Liverpool in 1957. His doctoral advisor was C. E. H. Bawn.[1]
Career and research
He was Campbell Brown Professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Liverpool and Director of Research at Pilkington, from 1984 to 1996.[citation needed] He was head of chemistry at the University of Sheffield.[when?][2]
Awards and honours
He was president of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 1998 to 2000, [3] and served on the council of the Royal Society from 1999 to 2001 having been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1995.[1]
Personal
Ledwith was married with four children and had 8 grandchildren.[citation needed] In January 2015, he died at the age of 81.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Feast, W. J. (2018). "Anthony Ledwith CBE. 14 August 1933 – 5 January 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 64: 285–298. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0029. ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ "Professor Anthony Ledwith, CBE. FRS, DSc". Loughborough University. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ "Royal Society of Chemistry 1980 to Present Day". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
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