Wendell Mitchell Latimer

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Wendell Mitchell Latimer (Born April 22, 1893 Died July 6, 1955) was a prominent chemist notable for his description of oxidation states is his book "The Oxidation States of the Elements and Their Potentials in Aqueous Solution" ASIN B000GRXLSA which was first published in 1938.

He received his Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley for the work with George Ernest Gibson.

Latimer received many awards and honor during his lifetime including membership in the National Academy of Sciences, and chairmanship of its Section of Chemistry from 1947 to 1950; the Distinguished Service Award from his alma mater, the University of Kansas, in 1948; the Presidential Certificate of Merit, in 1948; Faculty Research Lecture in 1953, an honor that the Academic Senate of the University of California annually bestows upon one of its members; the William H. Nichols Medal from the New York Section of the American Chemical Society, in 1955 with a citation for his "Pioneer Studies on the Thermodynamics of Electrolytes, especially the Entropies of Ions in Aqueous Solutions."^{[1] [2]}

[edit] Publications

"The Oxidation States of the Elements and Their Potentials in Aqueous Solution" ASIN B000GRXLSA published 1938.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/wlatimer.pdf
2. ^ Hildebrand, Joel H : Biography of Wendell M Latimer

• W. F. Giauque (1955). "Wendell M. Latimer, Chemist". Science 122 (3166): 406–407. doi:10.1126/science.122.3166.406. 
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