Jack Lewis

Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham, FRS (born 13 February 1938) is a British chemist working mainly in the area of transition elements.

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FRS - 13 February - 1938 - British - Chemist

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An inorganic chemist, his work was mainly in the area of the transition elements.

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He graduated with a bachelors in chemistry in 1949 from the University of London, after which he moved to the University of Nottingham where he obtained his Ph.D In 1954 he was appointed lecturer at the University of Sheffield before returning to London in 1956 as a lecturer at Imperial College. He was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Manchester from 1961 to 1967, University College, London from 1967 to 1970, and the University of Cambridge from 1970 to 1995. He was also the first Warden of Robinson College, the newest of the Cambridge Colleges, from its foundation until 2001.

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1949 - University of London - University of Nottingham - Ph.D - 1954 - University of Sheffield - 1956 - Imperial College - Professor - Chemistry - University of Manchester - 1961 - 1967 - University College, London - 1970 - University of Cambridge - 1995 - Robinson College - 2001

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He was knighted in 1982, won the Royal Society's Davy Medal in 1985, was created Baron Lewis of Newnham, of Newnham in the County of Cambridgeshire, in 1989 and received the Royal Medal from the Royal Society in 2004.

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1982 - Royal Society - Davy Medal - 1985 - 1989 - Royal Medal - 2004

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He is a member of the House of Lords, where he sits as a cross bencher and is a member of a number of Select Committees on Science and Technology.

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