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Authorised form of nameWeedon; Basil Charles Leicester (1923 - 2003)
Dates1923 - 2003
Place of birthWimbledon, London
Date of birth18/07/1923
Place of deathLincoln
Date of death10/10/2003
Research fieldOrganic chemistry
ActivityEducation:
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
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/03/1971
Age at election47
RelationshipsMarried (1959) Barbara Dawe
SourceObituaries:
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 Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/197559035
CodeNA4057
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/004830Weedon, Basil Charles Leicesternd
EC/1971/29Weedon, Basil Charles Leicester: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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