Anthony Cheetham
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Anthony Kevin Cheetham is a British materials scientist.
He was accepted into St Catherine's College, Oxford
in 1965 to study chemistry, and graduated with a first class BA in 1969. He started his doctorate at Wadham College, Oxford
in the same year, preparing a dissertation on 'The Structures of some Non-stoichiometric Compounds', which he completed in 1971. After receiving his doctorate he became a lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford
. In 1974 he became the Lecturer in Chemical Crystallography, and in 1990 he became Reader in Organic Materials. He moved to the United States
a year later to take up a position as Professor of Materials and Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara
, moving back to the United Kingdom in 2007 to become Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science
at Cambridge University.
He was accepted into St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine's College, often called Catz, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its motto is Nova et Vetera...
in 1965 to study chemistry, and graduated with a first class BA in 1969. He started his doctorate at Wadham College, Oxford
Wadham College, Oxford
Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road in central Oxford. It was founded by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, wealthy Somerset landowners, during the reign of King James I...
in the same year, preparing a dissertation on 'The Structures of some Non-stoichiometric Compounds', which he completed in 1971. After receiving his doctorate he became a lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
. In 1974 he became the Lecturer in Chemical Crystallography, and in 1990 he became Reader in Organic Materials. He moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
a year later to take up a position as Professor of Materials and Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
, moving back to the United Kingdom in 2007 to become Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science
Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science
The Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science is a professorship in the University of Cambridge, associated with the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy....
at Cambridge University.