Greenwood, Norman Neill

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GREENWOOD, Norman Neill

GREENWOOD, Norman Neill. British (born Australia), b. 1925. Genres: Chemistry, Education, Biography. Career: Professor emeritus, University of Leeds, 1990-, professor, head, Dept of Inorganic & Structural Chemistry, 1971-90; resident tutor, lecturer, Chemistry, Trinity College, Melbourne, 1946-48; Sr Harwell Research Fellow, 1951-53; lecturer, sr lecturer, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Nottingham, 1953-61; professor, head, Dept of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1961-71; fellow, Royal Society, 1987; Associe Etranger de l'Academie des Sciences, Institut de France, 1992. Publications: Principles of Atomic Orbitals, 1964, 4th ed., 1980; (ed. and co-author) Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, 9 vols., 1967-75; Ionic Crystals, Lattice Defects and Non-Stoichiometry, 1968; (with T.C. Gibb) Mossbauer Spectroscopy, 1971; (with W.A. Campbell) Contemporary British Chemists, 1971; Periodicity and Atomic Structure, 1971; (with E.J.F. Ross) Index of Vibrational Spectra of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, 3 vols., 1972, 1974, 1977; Boron, 1973; (with A. Earnshaw) Chemistry of the Elements, 1984, 2nd ed., 1997. Author of research articles and scholarly reviews. Address: School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England. Online address: [email protected]