Peter Day
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Professor Peter Day is a British
inorganic chemist
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A scholar and subsequently graduate student at Wadham College, Oxford
(of which he is now an honorary fellow), Peter Day's graduate work initiated the study of mixed-valence compounds and led to the Robin-Day classification of such species. He was elected to the Royal Society
in 1986, and held the post of Director of the Royal Institution
from 1991 to 1998. Day was also director of the Royal Institution's Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory and the Fullerian
Professor of Chemistry.
United Kingdom
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inorganic chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
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A scholar and subsequently graduate student 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...
(of which he is now an honorary fellow), Peter Day's graduate work initiated the study of mixed-valence compounds and led to the Robin-Day classification of such species. He was elected to the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
in 1986, and held the post of Director of the Royal Institution
Royal Institution
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from 1991 to 1998. Day was also director of the Royal Institution's Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory and the Fullerian
John 'Mad Jack' Fuller
John Fuller , better known as "Mad Jack" Fuller , was Squire of the hamlet of Brightling, in Sussex , and is well known as a builder of follies, and as a philanthropist, patron of the arts and sciences, and a supporter of slavery...
Professor of Chemistry.
External links
- Peter Day home page, Department of Chemistry, University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...