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Authorised form of nameParsons; Roger (1926 - 2017)
Dates1926 - 2017
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth31/10/1926
Date of death04/01/2017
OccupationChemist
Research fieldElectrochemistry
ActivityEducation:
1947 bachelor's degree in chemistry, Imperial College London; 1948 PhD, Imperial College London
Career:
Lecturer at University of St Andrews in Dundee (1951); researcher in electrochemical kinetics and thermodynamics under Douglas Everett; Professor at University of Bristol, (1954) ; Directeur du Laboratoired'Electrochimie Interfaciale (Director of the Laboratory of Interfacial Electrochemistry) at the French National Cenre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (1977); The Univeristy of Southampton (1985); retired 1992.
Medals/Prizes:
Awarded Olin Palladium Award by the Electrochemical Society, 1979.
Memberships:
Royal Society of Chemists (FRSC)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/03/1980
Age at election53
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Davy Medal 2003
RelationshipsDoctoral advisor John Brockis; research supervisor Douglas Everett
SourceSources:
Hillman, Robert (1996).'Professor Roger Parsons F.R.S.C., F.R.S.' (PDF). Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions. Royal Society of Chemistry. 92 (20): 205. doi:10.1039/ft99692fp205.
Virtual International Authority Filehttps://viaf.org/viaf/37004987/
CodeNA4096
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/GA/GRS/8293Parsons, Roger1982
IM/003441Parsons, Rogernd
EC/1980/25Parsons, Roger: certificate of election to the Royal Society1974
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