Jack Baldwin (chemist)
Sir Jack Baldwin | |
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| Born | Jack Edward Baldwin August 8, 1938 |
| Died | January 4, 2020 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | Derek Barton |
| Doctoral students | John Sutherland |
| Website | research |
Sir Jack Edward Baldwin FRS[2] (born 8 August 1938[3][4], died Jan 2020[5]) was a British chemist. He was a former Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (1978–2005)[6] and the former head of the organic chemistry at Oxford.[7][8]
Education
Baldwin was educated at Brighton Grammar School and Lewes College Grammar School. He attended Imperial College, London (BSc, DIC, PhD).[1] He received his Ph.D. working under the direction of Sir Derek H.R. Barton, FRS, Nobel Laureate.[9]
Career and Research
Baldwin spent most of the years 1969–1978 at MIT, where he published his most significant work — Baldwin's rules for ring closure reactions. In 1978, he moved to Oxford to become head of the Dyson Perrins Laboratory. The laboratory formally closed in 2003, but his group moved to the new research facility, the Chemistry Research Laboratory on Mansfield road, and he is still[when?] an active researcher at Oxford.
Awards and honours
- 1978 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society[2]
- 1984 Paul Karrer Gold Medal at the University of Zurich
- 1993 Davy Medal[10]
- 1994 Elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3]
- 1999 Leverhulme Medal (Royal Society)[10]
- 1997 Invested as a Knight Bachelor[1]
- 2002 Nakanishi Prize
- 2006 Paracelsus Prize[10]
References
- ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 230. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|editorlink=ignored (|editor-link=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Anon (1978). "Jack Baldwin FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
- ^ a b "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian Media. 8 Aug 2014. p. 39.
- ^ "Sir Jack Baldwin FRS (individual news story)". Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Moses, John E.; Adlington, Robert M. (2005). "Sir Jack Baldwin, FRS: Biomimetic studies at Oxford". Chemical Communications (48): 5945. doi:10.1039/B512961C. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Interview with Baldw in Chem. Commun., 24 January 2006". Archived from the original on 11 October 2006.
- ^ Jack Baldwin publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ Harwood, Laurence; Adlington, Robert (August 2008). "Laudation for Professor Sir Jack Baldwin FRS" (PDF). Synlett. 2008 (14): I–III. doi:10.1055/s-2008-1078258. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Jack Baldwin (Fellows Directory)". The Royal Society. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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