John Howard Purnell
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John Howard Purnell OBE FRSC[1] (17 August 1925 Rhondda, South Wales – 12 January 1996 Swansea, Wales)[2] was a Welsh chemist.
Education[]
He attended in Ystradgynlais before attending .[3]
After graduating with a first class honours in chemistry at University College, Cardiff in 1946 he went on to the University of Wales and received a PhD in 1952.[3]
Career[]
Purnell began to work in the field of gas chromatography in this field in 1952 at Cambridge University while working with .[3] In 1965 he became Professor of Physical Chemistry at University College, Swansea where he remained until his retirement in 1992.[[:Category:|]]
He was president of the Royal Society of Chemistry between 1994 and 1996.[citation needed]
Honours and awards[]
- 1971 Beilby Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry[4]
- 1992 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1992 New Year Honours
References[]
- ^ "Swansea University, Honorary Awards". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28.
- ^ "Obituary in the Independent".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Article in Chromarographia" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Beilby Medal and Prize Previous Winners". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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