George M. Sheldrick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George M. Sheldrick

British chemist

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1942

Place of Birth: Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom

Profession: chemist, university teacher, crystallographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

George Michael Sheldrick, FRS (born 17 November 1942, in Huddersfield, England) is a British chemist who specialises in molecular structure determination.
He is one of the most cited workers in the field, having over 220,000 citations as of 2015 and an h-index of 111.
He was a professor at the University of Göttingen from 1978 until his retirement in 2011.