George Wallace Kenner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Wallace Kenner

British organic chemist

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1922

Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1978

Profession: chemist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About George Wallace Kenner

  • George Wallace Kenner FRS (16 November 1922 – 26 June 1978) was a British organic chemist.
  • He was born in Sheffield in 1922, the son of Prof.
  • James Kenner.
  • During his childhood, he went to Didsbury Preparatory School in 1928 and moved to Manchester Grammar School in 1934.
  • He was appointed to the first Heath Harrison Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Liverpool 1957–1976.
  • He did his MSc and PhD degrees under Lord Todd at Manchester and Cambridge Universities in UK.
  • He married Jillian Bird in 1951 and they had two daughters both born in Cambridge.
  • He was faculty member at the Cambridge University for 15 years before moving to the University of Liverpool in 1957 as Heath Harrison Professor of Organic Chemistry.

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