Christopher Spencer Foote, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Christopher Spencer Foote

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


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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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