Jack Lewis#
Sadly, this member passed away. | |
Membership Number: | 367 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
Elected: | 1989 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Jack Lewis passed away July 17, 2014.
Positions Held
- first Warden of Robinson College, the newest of the Cambridge colleges, from its foundation until 2001
- 1970-1995 Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
- 1967-1970 Professor of Chemistry, University College London
- 1961-1967 Professor of Chemistry at the University of Manchester
- 1956-1967 Lecturer at Imperial College London
- 1953-1956 Lecturer at the University of Sheffield
- 1949-1951 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Fields of Scholarship
- Inorganic chemistry of transition metal complexes
Honours and Awards
- 1982 Knighted
- 1985 Royal Society's Davy Medal
- 1989 created Baron Lewis of Newnham
- 2004 Recipient of the Royal Medal from the Royal Society
- Member of the House of Lords, where he sits as a cross bencher
- Member of a number of Select Committees on Science and Technology