Abstract
Colin Eaborn was a distinguished chemist, best known for his wide–ranging contributions to organosilicon chemistry. His 566 publications, published over a 56–year period, covered a broad area that included physical organic chemistry, organometallic compounds generally, and coordination chemistry. He was a founding professor at the new University of Sussex and exercised considerable influence on the development of university education in chemistry during the big expansion of the 1960s. He served on a number of public committees, including the Council of the Royal Society from 1978 to 1980 and 1988 to 1989, and, as an editor of the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, played an important part in setting high standards of presentation and clarity in the chemical literature.
Highlights
Colin Eaborn was a distinguished chemist, best known for his wide-ranging contributions to organosilicon chemistry
Biographical Memoirs 60 years to regale his friends with stories that showed both the chaos and the anxiety of the early years of the war
Eaborn obtained support from Denbighshire County Council and the University College of North Wales at Bangor, and, by enrolling as a teacher-training student, with a commitment to becoming a teacher after graduation, was able to begin an undergraduate course in chemistry at Bangor
Summary
Colin Eaborn was a distinguished chemist, best known for his wide-ranging contributions to organosilicon chemistry His 566 publications, published over a 56-year period, covered a broad area that included physical organic chemistry, organometallic compounds generally, and coordination chemistry. He was a founding professor at the new University of Sussex and exercised considerable influence on the development of university education in chemistry during the big expansion of the 1960s. He served on a number of public committees, including the Council of the Royal Society from 1978 to 1980 and 1988 to 1989, and, as an editor of the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, played an important part in setting high standards of presentation and clarity in the chemical literature
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