| Authorised form of name | Weedon; Basil Charles Leicester (1923 - 2003) |
| Dates | 1923 - 2003 |
| Place of birth | Wimbledon, London |
| Date of birth | 18/07/1923 |
| Place of death | Lincoln |
| Date of death | 10/10/2003 |
| Research field | Organic chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Wandsworth School; graduated from Imperial College of Science and Technology (1942); PhD in organic chemistry (1945)
Career:
Research chemist, Dyestuffs Division, ICI (1943-1947); Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Imperial College (1947-1955); Reader in Organic Chemistry, Imperial College (1955-1960); Professor in Organic Chemistry, Queen Mary College, London (1960-1976); Dean of the Faculty of Science, London University; Chair Food Additives and Contaminants Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture; member of the EEC Scientific Committee for Foods; Vice Chancellor Nottingham University (1976-1988); Honorary Professor, Nottingham University (1988-2003); awarded the Meldola Medal and the Tilden Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry; Chairman of the Council of the National Stone Centre (1988-1991); chairman of the East Midlands Regional Electricity Consumers Committee (1990-1994)
Honours:
CBE 1974
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1971 |
| Age at election | 47 |
| Relationships | Married (1959) Barbara Dawe |
| Source | Obituaries:
The Independent (27 October 2003)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 425-436, plate, by Gerald Pattenden FRS |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/197559035 |
| Code | NA4057 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004830 | Weedon, Basil Charles Leicester | nd |
| EC/1971/29 | Weedon, Basil Charles Leicester: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |