Peter Day (chemist)
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| Peter Day | |
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| Born | August 20, 1938 Kent, England |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Thesis | Light induced charge transfer in solids (1965) |
| Doctoral students | Matthew Rosseinsky |
Peter Day (born 20 August 1938 in Kent, England) is a British inorganic chemist.
A scholar and subsequently graduate student at Wadham College, Oxford (of which he is now an honorary fellow), Peter Day's graduate work initiated the study of mixed-valence compounds and led to the Robin-Day classification of such species.[1] He was elected to the Royal Society in 1986, and held the post of Director of the Royal Institution from 1991 to 1998. Day was also director of the Royal Institution's Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory and the Fullerian Professor of Chemistry.[2]
References
- ↑ Robin, Melvin B. and Day, Peter., "Mixed Valence Chemistry", Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, 1967, volume 10, pages 247–422.
- ↑ Fullerian Professorships, John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
External links
- Peter Day home page, Department of Chemistry, University College London
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| Preceded by | Director of the Royal Institution 1991–1998 |
Succeeded by Susan Greenfield |
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