| Authorised form of name | Polanyi; Michael (1891 - 1976) |
| Other forms of name | Mihaly |
| Dates | 1891 - 1976 |
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary |
| Date of birth | 12 March 1891 |
| Place of death | Northampton |
| Date of death | 22/02/1976 |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Philosophy |
| Sociology |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1944 |
| Relationships | Father of John Charles Polanyi (FRS 1971) |
| Sources | Sources:
DSB vol 18 pp 718-721
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1977 vol 23 pp 413-448, plate, by E P Wigner and R A Hodgkin
References:
P H Plesch, 'Symposium on Friedel-Crafts Catalysts and Polymerization' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 135-141 |
| Royal Society code | NA8008 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| PB/9/1/95 | Correspondence with Michael Polanyi | 1939-1942 |
| PB/8/6/7 | Papers and talks on science and society by others, collected by Blackett, many annotated by him. | c.1943-1945 |
| PB/4/8/53/12 | Correspondence with Louis T Winkler (also JG Crowther and Michael Polanyi) | 1942 |
| MS/866 | Paper, "The growth of thought in society", by Michael Polanyi | 1941 |
| RR/69/225 | Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on a paper 'Some thermodynamical properties of gaseous sulphur dichloride' by C A McDowell and E A Moelwyn-Hughes | 1945 |
| RR/70/76 | Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on a paper 'The second virial coefficient of a gas of non-spherical molecules' by J Corner | 1947 |
| RR/72/248 | Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on a paper 'The dissociation energy of the C-N bond in benzylamine' by Michael Szwarc | 1949 |
| RR/72/247 | Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on a paper 'The dissociation energy of the N-N bond in hydrazine' by Michael Szwarc | 1949 |
| RR/69/195 | Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on two papers 'The adsorption of vapours on mercury. Parts I and II' by Charles Kemball and Eric Keightley Rideal | 24 January 1946 |
| EC/1944/15 | Polanyi, Michael: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WRS/8670 | Polanyi, Michael | nd |
| RR/73/49 | Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on a paper 'The CH2:CH.CH2-CH3 bond dissociation energy and the heat of formation of the allyl radical' by A H Sehon and Michael Szwarc | 2 March 1950 |
| RR/79/70 | Referee's report by Michael Polanyi, on a paper 'The ultra-violet absorption spectra of some gaseous alkali-metal halides and the dissociation energy of fluorine' by R F Barrow and A D Caunt | 17 April 1953 |