Christopher Spencer Foote, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Professor of chemistry
Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1935
Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 13-Jun-2005
Profession: chemist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Christopher Spencer Foote
- Christopher Spencer Foote (June 5, 1935 – June 13, 2005) was a professor of chemistry at UCLA and an expert in reactive oxygen species, in particular, singlet oxygen.
- He published 259 articles, editorials, and notes.
- He was cited over 14,000 times with an average of 450 citations per year since 1989.
- He has an h-index of 67.
- He was also known for his textbook Organic Chemistry (with Brown and Iverson).The American Chemical Society gave him their Baekeland award in 1975, named him a Cope Scholar in 1994, and gave him the Tolman Award in 1995.
- In 2000 an international symposium in honor of his 65th birthday was held in Hawaii.
- The Christopher S.
- Foote Chair of chemistry at UCLA, currently held by Neil Garg, is named after him.
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