Laurence D. Barron
Laurence D. Barron | |
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| Born | 1944 |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British |
| Known for | Raman optical activity |
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| Fields | Physical chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Glasgow |
Laurence David Barron (born 1944 Southampton, England) FRS, FRSE has been Gardiner Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow since 1998 (now Emeritus).[1][2]
Life
He studied chemistry at the Northern Polytechnic, and earned a First Class Honours Degree of London University in 1965. He studied at Lincoln College, Oxford, with Peter Atkins earning a D.Phil in 1969. He carried out post-doctoral research with A. David Buckingham, at Cambridge University, from 1969 to 1975, holding a Ramsay Memorial Fellowship in 1974–75.[3]
Barron is best known for his pioneering work on Raman optical activity, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society on 26 May 2005.[4]
Works
- "Vibrational Raman Optical Activity". Circular dichroism: principles and applications. Wiley-VCH. 2000. ISBN 978-0-471-33003-5.
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