F. Gordon A. Stone
| F. Gordon A. Stone | |
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| Born | 19 May 1925 Exeter, Devon, UK |
| Died | 6 April 2011 (aged 85) Waco, Texas, USA |
| Nationality | British and American |
| Institutions |
Bristol University, Baylor University |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Emeléus |
| Notable awards | Davy Medal (1989) |
Francis Gordon Albert Stone CBE, FRS, FRSC (19 May 1925 – 6 April 2011) was an English chemist who was a prolific and decorated scholar. He specialized in the synthesis of main group and transition metal organometallic compounds.
Gordon Stone was born in Exeter, Devon in 1925, the only child of Sidney Charles Stone, a civil servant, and Florence Beatrice Stone (née Coles). He received his B.A. in 1948 and Ph.D. in 1951, both from Christ's College, Cambridge (Cambridge University), England, where he studied under Harry Julius Emeléus. He married Judith Hislop of Sydney, Australia in 1956 with whom he had three sons.
After graduating from Christ's College, Cambridge, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Southern California for two years, before being appointed as an instructor in the Chemistry Department at Harvard University, and was appointed assistant professor in 1957. He was the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Baylor University, Texas until 2010, but his most productive period was as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Bristol University, England (1963–1990), where he published hundreds of papers over the course of 27 years. In research he competed with his contemporary Geoffrey Wilkinson.
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