Benton Seymour Rabinovitch
Appearance
Seymour Rabinovitch | |
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Born | Benton Seymour Rabinovitch 19 February 1919 |
Died | 2 August 2014 | (aged 95)
Alma mater | McGill University |
Awards | Peter Debye Award (1984) FRS (1987)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of Washington |
Thesis | Studies in chemical kinetics (academic research) and the detection of vesicants (war research) (1942) |
(Benton) Seymour Rabinovitch (19 February 1919 – 2 August 2014) was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle, whose work measured the efficiency with which energy is transferred between molecules in gas-phase ion chemistry.[2]
Awards and honours
Rabinovitch was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987.[1]
Personal life
Rabinovitch had four children, and later in life became an expert silversmith, an author of children's books and a philanthropist.[1] As a patron of silversmithing, he commissioned the creation of cake, pudding, and fish-servers from artists in the U.S. and Britain.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Campbell, Charles T.; Rabinovitch, Ruth A. (2016). "Benton Seymour Rabinovitch. 19 February 1919 — 2 August 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 62: 505–524. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0021. ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ a b "Seymour Rabinovitch leaves a long UW legacy in chemistry". Seattle: University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2016-02-19.
- ^ Yager, Jan (1998). "Patrons who make history" (PDF). Art Jewelry Forum. No. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2020.