| Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | |
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| Born | June 19, 1897 London, England |
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| Died | October 9, 1967 (aged 70) |
| Fields | physical chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry  |
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood OM FRS (June 19, 1897 – October 9, 1967) was an English physical chemist. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Physical chemistry, is the application of Physics to macroscopic microscopic atomic subatomic and particulate phenomena in chemical systems It is mostly defined as a large The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. The Order of Merit is a British and Commonwealth Order bestowed by the Monarch. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Physical chemistry, is the application of Physics to macroscopic microscopic atomic subatomic and particulate phenomena in chemical systems It is mostly defined as a large
Born in London, his parents were Norman Macmillan Hinshelwood, a chartered accountant, and Ethe Frances née Smith. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. He was educated first in Canada, returning in 1905 on the death of his father to a small flat in Chelsea where he lived for the rest of his life. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along He then studied at Westminster City School and Balliol College, Oxford University. Westminster City School is an all-boys Voluntary Aided Christian non-denominational school in Westminster, a borough of London. Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the
During the First World War, Hinshelwood was a chemist in an explosives factory. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All A chemist is a Scientist trained in the Science of Chemistry. An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise Energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied He was a tutor at Trinity College from 1921 to 1937 and was Dr Lee’s Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford from 1937. In British Australian New Zealand Italian and some Canadian universities, a tutor is often but not always a Postgraduate Student or a Lecturer The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight, or Trinity College for short is one of the Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the He served on several Advisory Councils on scientific matters to the British Government. Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1929, serving as President from 1955 to 1960. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 He was knighted in 1948 and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1960. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. The Order of Merit is a British and Commonwealth Order bestowed by the Monarch.
His early studies of molecular kinetics led to the publication of Thermodynamics for Students of Chemistry and The Kinetics of Chemical Change in 1926. Chemical kinetics, also known as reaction kinetics is the study of rates of chemical processes Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. With Harold Warris Thompson he studied the explosive reaction of Hydrogen and Oxygen and described the phenomenon of chain reaction. Sir Harold Warris Thompson ( 15 February, 1908 &ndash 31 December, 1983) was an English Physical chemist. Hydrogen (ˈhaɪdrədʒən is the Chemical element with Atomic number 1 Oxygen (from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys (acid literally "sharp" from the taste of acids and -γενής (-genēs (producer literally begetteris the A chain reaction is a sequence of Reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place His subsequent work on chemical changes in the bacterial cell proved to be of great importance in later research work on antibiotics and therapeutic agents, and his book, The Chemical Kinetics of the Bacterial Cell was published in 1946, followed by Growth, Function and Regulation in Bacterial Cells in 1966. In modern usage an antibiotic is a Chemotherapeutic agent with activity against Microorganisms such as Bacteria, fungi or Protozoa Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. In 1951 he published The Structure of Physical Chemistry. It was republished as an Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences by Oxford University Press in 2005.
With Nikolay Semenov of the USSR, Hinshelwood was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1956 for his researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions. Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov (Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов ( April 15 ( April 3, Old Style) 1896 – September 25 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry.
Sir Cyril was President of the Chemical Society and of the Faraday Society, and gained many awards and honorary degrees. The Chemical Society was formed in 1841 (then named the Chemical Society of London) as a result of increased interest in scientific matters The Faraday Society was a British society for the study of Physical chemistry, founded in 1903 and named in honour of Michael Faraday.
Sir Cyril never married. He was fluent in many languages and his main hobbies were painting, collecting Chinese pottery, and foreign literature. Porcelain is a Ceramic material made by heating raw materials generally including Clay in the form of Kaolin, in a Kiln to temperatures He died, at home, on 9 October 1967. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.
See also
- E. J. Bowen, a contemporary Oxford chemist
References
- C. Edmund John Bowen FRS ( April 29, 1898 – November 19, 1980) was a British Chemist. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the F. Cullis (1967). "Obituary: Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, KT. , O. M. , M. A. , D. SC. , F. R. S. , 1897–1967". Journal Chemical Society: X001 - X002. doi:. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.
- Harold Thompson (1973). "Cyril Norman Hinshelwood. 1897-1967". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 19: 374-431. doi:. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.
- J. S. Rowlinson (2004). "The wartime work of Hinshelwood and his colleagues". Science 58 (2): 161-175. doi:. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.
External links
- Hinshelwood's Nobel Foundation biography
- Hinshelwood's Nobel Lecture Chemical Kinetics in the Past Few Decades
- Hinshelwood Archives at the Royal Society
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