Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff

Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff ( born August 9, 1897 in Geneva (New York); † November 3, 1994 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American crystallographer.

Life

Wyckoff was from 1919 to 1927 in the geophysical laboratory working at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. From 1927 to 1937 he worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, and then for the U.S. Public Health Service.

Wyckoff was from 1959 to 1981 professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

He was a pioneer in the study of crystal structures and biological substances using X-rays. He also expanded the applications of electron microscopy and ultracentrifugation in medical and biochemical research.

Works (selection)

  • The structure of crystals. The Chemical Catalog Comp. , New York 1924
  • The biochemistry of animal fossils. Scientechnica, Bristol 1972, ISBN 0-85608-004-7.
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