Cyril N. Hinshelwood
British Nobel laureate and chemist (1897-1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood OM FRS (19 June 1897 – 9 October 1967) was a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics. His work in reaction mechanisms earned the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry.[4][5]
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Born | Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897-06-19)19 June 1897 London, England |
Died | 9 October 1967(1967-10-09) (aged 70) London, England |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Known for | Chemical kinetics Chemical reaction network theory Langmuir–Hinshelwood mechanism Lindemann–Hinshelwood mechanism |
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Fields | Physical chemistry |
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Doctoral advisor | Harold Hartley |
Doctoral students | Sydney Brenner Alan Eddy |
Other notable students | Keith J. Laidler (postdoc) |
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