John Shipley Rowlinson

Sir John Shipley Rowlinson
Born May 12, 1926
United Kingdom
Nationality British
Institutions Imperial College London
University of Oxford

Sir John Shipley Rowlinson FREng[1] (12 May 1926– ) is a British chemist. Born in Handforth, Cheshire, he attended the independent Rossall School. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and received a D. Phil from the University of Oxford in chemical kinetics working under J. D. Lambert. In 1961, he was appointed Professor in Chemical Technology at Imperial College London and in 1974 moved to Oxford as Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry. He retired in 1993 but remains a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He received the Faraday Lectureship Prize in 1983. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1970.[2] He was appointed a Fellow[3] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[4] in 1976.

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