Frederick George Mann
Frederick George Mann FRS (29 June 1897 – 29 March 1982) was a British organic chemist.
Frederick George Mann FRS | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 June 1897 London, England |
| Died | 29 March 1982 (aged 84) Cambridge, England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | Cambridge University (PhD 1923, ScD 1932) |
| Awards | Tilden Prize (1943) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | Cambridge University |
| Doctoral advisor | William Pope |
| Doctoral students | Joseph Chatt |
Academic career
He completed his doctoral studies at Downing College, Cambridge under Sir William Pope, graduating in 1923. He continued at Downing as an assistant lecturer until 1930, when he was appointed to a lectureship at Trinity College. He spent his entire academic career at Cambridge, retiring in 1964.
Scientific contributions
Mann's research spanned a variety of topics, many at the interface between organic and inorganic chemistry, including investigations of aliphatic polyamines, phosphines, arsines and their complexes; heterocyclic compounds of phosphorus and arsenic and their metal complexes; polycyclic nitrogen compounds; the structure and optical properties of transition metal complexes; stereochemistry, and cyanine dyes.
Honours and awards
He won the Royal Society of Chemistry's Tilden Prize in 1943, and was elected to the Royal Society in 1947.
References
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