Donald Charlton Bradley
| Donald Charlton Bradley | |
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| Born |
November 7, 1924 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | December 20, 2014 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Occupation | Chemist |
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| Awards | Royal Medal |
Donald Charlton Bradley CBE FRS, (7 November 1924 – 20 December 2014) was a British chemist, who won the Royal Medal in 1998.[1]
Life
He earned a first-class Bachelor’s Degree in 1946, a PhD in 1950 and a DSc in 1959, from Birkbeck, University of London. He was Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at Queen Mary, University of London, from 1965 to 1983.[1]
Bradley was recognized for his work on the chemistry of metal-alkoxides and metal-amides, their synthesis, structure and bonding, and for his studies of their conversions to metal-oxides and metal-nitrides. His advances are presently being applied in microelectronics and chemical vapor deposition.[2]
Bradley was a member of the Royal Society and a faculty member of Imperial College. He delivered the 2010 Bakerian Prize Lecture, to the Royal Society (5 March 2010). He died on 20 December 2014.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 "Obituary: Professor Donald Bradley FRS". Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ↑ The Royal Society website
- ↑ "BRADLEY - Deaths Announcements". Telegraph Announcements. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ↑ Thomas, Sir John Meurig (2015-03-13). "Professor Donald Bradley: One of Britain's foremost inorganic chemists". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-06-22.