Person Sheldrick; George Michael (1942 - 2025); chemist Sheldrick George Michael chemist 1942 - 2025 British Male Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom 17 November 1942 19421117 Bovenden, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe 20 February 2025 20250220

Chemist Crystallography Molecular biology Biochemistry Education: Huddersfield New College; all-boys grammar school; Jesus College, Cambridge BA (1963); PhD (1966) Career: Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, later Professor of Structural Chemsitry, University of Gottingen, (1978-2011); Director of the Institute fur Anorganische Chemie, Gottingen, Germany; retired from academia and appointed Niedersachsen Professor (IE Emeritus Professor) (2011). Memberships: Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge 1966 Awards/Medals: Meldola Medal of the RSC1970 Corday-Morgan-Medaille of the RSC 1978 Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Preis of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 1988 Carl-Hermann-Medaille der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kristallographie 1999 Max-Perutz-Preis of the European Crystallographic Association 2004 Gregori-Aminoff-Preis der Königlich Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2009 Ewald-Preis der International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) 2011 Siblings: William S. Sheldrick (1945–2015), professor of analytical chemistry at Ruhr University in Bochum. Spouse: Katherine Elizabeth Herford (m. 13 July 1968). Children: Four. Major contributor to the field of chemical X-ray crystallography for the past four decades. He developed an extensive system of computer programs, SHELX, for structure determination and refinement, which had the particular distinction of giving full scope to the use of chemical knowledge and intuition. Since 2024, the European Crystallographic Association awards the George Sheldrick Award. Fellow 10/05/2001 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor George Sheldrick FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/george-sheldrick-12264/; last accessed: 23/04/2025] IUCr Newsletter (2025), Volume 33, Number 2, Obituary, George M. Sheldrick (1942–2025), Isabel Usón and Regine Herbst-Irmer, [URL: https://www.iucr.org/news/newsletter/volume-33/number-2/george-m.-sheldrick-19422025; last accessed: 23/04/2025] Chemistry Europe, Chemistry Views, George M. Sheldrick (1942 – 2025), [URL: https://www.chemistryviews.org/george_m_sheldrick-1942-2025/; last accessed: 23/04/2025] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Sheldrick%2C+G+M RCN R69897 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 23/04/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6887 21/11/2001 Andyg Gudrun 09/09/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 103a8ca7-4978-4eb2-990f-5d879a61a4ef