Iain Paul

Iain Paul (1939–2012) was a Scottish chemist and theologian born in Glasgow, Scotland as the second world war was stirring. Iain and his sister were raised by their paternal grandparents attending Govan High School (1951–1957).

Academic life

Rev Dr Iain Paul studied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Following this he undertook a doctorate in Chemistry which he started at Bangor University and completed at the University of Bristol under the supervision of Professor F. Gordon A. Stone. Following a spell as a post doctoral researcher, at the University of Sheffield under the supervision of Professor Sidney Kettle, he took up a position at Queen Elizabeth College, London as a lecturer in chemistry. His years as a Chemist were highly productive leading to numerous publications in the field of vibrational spectroscopy of isolated molecules, group theory and crystal chemistry. Over time he developed an increasing interest in solid-state physics.

In the 1970s, Iain retrained as a theologian and clergyman at New College, Edinburgh. He spent a year of his early career in the ministry at Princeton University researching a PhD in theology under the supervision of Professor Thomas F. Torrance. As a systematic theologian, his work focused on the relationship between Science and Religion and he published several books in this field.

During this time he married Liz (Russell) and had a son, Findlay Paul and a daughter Liza Paul (now Dr Liza Morton). He retired, due to ill health, from the Church of Scotland (Craigneuk, Wishaw) in 1990.

Works

Books

• Science and Religion: One World-Changing Perspectives on Reality, edited by Jan Fennema and Iain Paul, Publisher: Dordrecht ; Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1990, ISBN 0-7923-0731-3

• Knowledge of God, Calvin, Einstein, and Polanyi, Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1987, ISBN 0-7073-0537-3

• Science and Theology in Einstein's Perspective, Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1986, ISBN 0-7073-0449-0

• Science, Theology and Einstein, New York: Oxford University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-19-520378-X (Original Publication @ Belfast: Christian Journals, c1982, ISBN 0-904302-80-6)

Selected peer-reviewed publications

• J D Cotton, Judith Dudsworth, S A R Knox, P F Lindley, I Paul, F G A Stone and P Woodward, Tin-iron carbonyl clusters and sequences, Chem. Commun (1966) 253

• N Flitcroft, D A Harbourne, I Paul, P M Tucker and F G A Stone, Chemistry of the metal carbonyls Part XXXV Bis(dicarbonyl-π cyclopentadienyliron)bis(iodo)germane and related compounds, Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1966) 1130

• J D Cotton, S A R Knox, I Paul and F G A Stone, Chemistry of the metal carbonyls Part XXXIX Organotin(carbonyl)-iron complexes, Journal of the Chemical Society, A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1967) 264

• S.F.A. Kettle and I. Paul The b1 carbonyl stretching mode in the infrared spectra of C4v M(CO)5X complexes, Inorg. Chim. Acta (1968) 2 15

• J Dalton, I Paul, J G Smith and F G A Stone, Spectroscopic studies on organometallic compounds Part XI Infrared spectra of pentacarbonyl complexes of metals of the chromium and manganese sub-groups in the carbonyl stretching region, Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1968) 1195

• J Dalton, I Paul, J G Smith and F G A Stone, Spectroscopic studies on organometallic compounds Part XII Infrared spectra of tetracarbonylcobalt complexes in the carbonyl stretching region, Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1968) 1199

• E W Abel, J Dalton, I Paul, J G Smith and F G A Stone, Spectroscopic studies on organometallic compounds Part XIII Infrared spectra of octacarbonylmanganese complexes and related compounds in the carbonyl stretching region, Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1968) 1203

• J Dalton, I Paul, J G Smith and F G A Stone, Spectroscopic studies on organometallic compounds Part XIV Infrared spectra of tricarbonylmolybdenum complexes in the carbonyl stretching region, Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1968) 1208

• J Dalton, I Paul and F G A Stone, Spectroscopic studies on organometallic compounds Part XV Infrared spectra of pentacarbonylmetal fluorocarbon complexes in the carbonyl stretching region, Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1968) 1212

• J Dalton, I Paul and F G A Stone, Spectroscopic studies on organometallic compounds Part XVI Infrared spectra of organotin(carbonyl)iron complexes in the carbonyl stretching region, Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1968) 1215

• J Dalton, I Paul and F G A Stone, Spectroscopic studies on organometallic compounds Part XVII Infrared spectra of dicarbonyl-(π-pentadienyl)iron complexes in the carbonyl stretching region, Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical (1969) 2744

• H.J. Buttery, G. Keeling, S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper Solid state studies. I. Raman and infraredactive carbonyl stretching vibrations of πbenzenetricarbonylchromium, J. Chem. Soc. A (1969) 2077

• H.J. Buttery, G. Keeling, S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper Solidstate studies. II. Raman and infraredactive carbonyl stretching vibrations of four methylbenzenetricarbonylchromium complexes, J. Chem. Soc. A (1969) 2224

• H.J. Buttery, G. Keeling, S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper Correlation between the crystal structure and carbonylbond stretching vibrations of methyl benzene transition metal tricarbonyls, Discuss. Faraday Soc. (1969) 47 48

• H.J. Buttery, G. Keeling, S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper Solidstate studies. III. Raman and infraredactive carbonyl stretching vibrations of 1,3 and 1,4dimethylbenzene- tricarbonylchromium, J. Chem. Soc. A (1970) 471

• S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper Relative intensities in the Raman spectra of metal carbonyls in the 2000 cm-1 region, J. Chem. Soc. D (1970) 1724

• S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper Relative intensities in the Raman spectra of metal carbonyl derivatives in the 2000 cm-1 region, J. Chem. Soc. D. (1971) 235

• G. Keeling, S.F.A. Kettle and I. Paul Factors influencing the absolute intensity of the carbonyl stretching modes of a series of transitionmetal pentacarbonylhalide derivatives, J. Chem. Soc. A (1971) 3143

• H.J. Buttery, G. Keeling, S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper Solidstate studies. IV. Vibrational spectra of cisdiethylenetriaminetricarbonylchromium, molybdenum, and tungsten, of 1,2,3, 1,2,4,5, and 1,3,5methylbenzene- tricarbonylchromium, and cyclopentadienyltricarbonylmanganese, J. Chem. Soc. A (1971) 3148

• S.F.A. Kettle and I. Paul The infrared intensities of metal carbonyl stretching vibrations, Advan. Organometal. Chem. (1972) 10 199

• H.J. Buttery, G. Keeling, S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper Solid state studies. V. Raman and infraredactive carbonyl stretching vibrations of three triphenyltin complexes, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (1972) 2487

• S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper A bondpolarizability approach to the intensity of Raman spectral bands of metal carbonyls in the 2000 cm1 region, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (1972) 2413

• S.F.A. Kettle, I. Paul and P. Stamper The relative intensities of Raman spectral bands, Inorg. Chim. Acta (1973) 7 11

• H.J. Buttery, S.F.A. Kettle and I. Paul Solidstate studies. VI. Singlecrystal Raman study of the vibrations of the tricarbonylchromium unit in benzenetricarbonylchromium and tricarbonyl(1,3dimethylbenzene)chromium, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (1974) 2293

• H.J. Buttery, S.F.A. Kettle and I. Paul Solid state studies. VII. Singlecrystal Raman study of the vibration of the tricarbonylchromium unit in hexa and pentamethylbenzenetricarbonylchromium, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (1975) 11 969

Reviews

• Paul, I (1991) Scottish Journal of Theology, 44, 02, pp 240–242 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0036930600039156

• Paul, I (1990) Scottish Journal of Theology, 43, 04, pp 514–516 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003693060003951X

• Paul, I (1990) Scottish Journal of Theology, 38, 03, pp 433–435 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0036930600041107

• Paul, I (1985) Scottish Journal of Theology, 38, 02, pp 255–256 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0036930600041429

• Paul, I (1985) Scottish Journal of Theology, 38, 03, pp 429–431 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0036930600041089

External links

• Comparison of Paul's thesis on Polanyi
• Obituary, Govan High School