Rex Richards (chemist)

Sir Rex Edward Richards FRS FBA FRSC ( born October 28, 1922 in Colyton, Devon, England ) is a British chemist.

Life

After schooling, he studied chemistry at the University of Oxford and was then 1947-1964 Tutor and scientists at the city's Lincoln College.

Since the late 1940s he studied there with basic studies in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, before he later merged with the application of NMR spectroscopy in biological problems and the development of magnetic resonance imaging. The Royal Society of Chemistry awarded him the 1954 Corday - Morgan Medal. Five years later he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He then took in 1964 the offer of a professorship at the Dr. Lee Department of Physical Chemistry, before he was from 1969 to 1984 director of Merton College, University of Oxford. Richards was awarded the highest British award for scientists in the field of chemistry in recognition of his outstanding contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its application to chemical and biological problems with the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in 1976.

In 1977 he was knighted ( Knight) and led henceforth the title of nobility "Sir". He was also from 1977 to 1981 and Vice- Chancellor of Oxford University.

In 1982 he became Chancellor of the University of Exeter, founded in 1955 and had this position until 1998. In addition, he was 1984-1993 Director is endowed by the 1st Viscount Leverhulme Leverhulme Trust for scholarships in the field of research.

Sir Rex Richards also received in recognition of his many both practical and theoretical contributions to the nuclear magnetic resonance in 1986, the Royal Medal. Furthermore, he was in 1992 president of the Royal Society of Chemistry and is a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences.

Source

• Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2, p 1281