Ronald Norrish

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Ronald Norrish was a British physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and photochemistry.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
human
physical chemist
awardReceived Davy Medal NERFINISHED
Faraday Medal NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED
Royal Medal
citizenship British
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
doctoralStudent Cyril Norman Hinshelwood NERFINISHED
George Porter NERFINISHED
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName Norrish NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemical kinetics
photochemistry
physical chemistry
givenName Ronald
hasAcademicDiscipline chemistry
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced George Porter NERFINISHED
modern photochemistry
influencedBy Svante Arrhenius NERFINISHED
Walther Nernst NERFINISHED
knownFor Norrish type I reaction NERFINISHED
Norrish type II reaction NERFINISHED
development of flash photolysis technique
pioneering work in chemical kinetics
pioneering work in photochemistry
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Faraday Society NERFINISHED
Royal Society
nobleTitle Sir
notableAchievement co-development of flash photolysis with George Porter
elucidation of short-lived reaction intermediates
foundational contributions to modern chemical kinetics
notableWork Norrish reaction NERFINISHED
flash photolysis NERFINISHED
occupation chemist
researcher
university teacher
positionHeld professor of physical chemistry
sexOrGender male
studies photochemical processes
reaction mechanisms
workLocation Cambridge NERFINISHED

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George Porter doctoralAdvisor Ronald Norrish
Jeremy R. Knowles doctoralAdvisor Ronald Norrish