F. Gordon A. Stone

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F. Gordon A. Stone
Bristol University,
Baylor University
Doctoral advisorEmeléus

Francis Gordon Albert Stone

organometallic compounds. He was the author of more than 900 academic publications resulting in an h-index of 72 in 2011.[1]

Early life

Gordon Stone was born in Exeter, Devon in 1925, the only child of Sidney Charles Stone, a

Cambridge University), England, where he studied under Harry Julius Emeléus
.

Academic life

After graduating from Cambridge, he was a

Bristol University, England (1963–1990), where he published hundreds of papers over the course of 27 years. In research he competed with his contemporary Geoffrey Wilkinson
.

Elected to the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1970, and to the Royal Society in 1976, he was awarded the Davy Medal "In recognition of his many distinguished contributions to organometallic chemistry, including the discovery that species containing carbon-metal of metal-metal multiple bonds are versatile reagents for synthesis of cluster compounds with bonds between different transition elements" in 1989.[3]

Among the many foci of his studies were complexes of

boron hydrides, a lifelong interest.[4]

In 1988 he chaired the Review Committee commissioned by the British Government (the now-dissolved

University Grants Committee) to carry out a review of chemistry in UK academia ("University Chemistry — The Way Forward", "The Stone Report").[5][6] His main recommendation, "that the UGC [...] fund properly not fewer than 30 chemistry departments" and that "at least 20 of these departments have 30 or more academic staff [...] to compete successfully at the international level"[6] was never implemented.[5]

His autobiography Leaving No Stone Unturned, Pathways in Organometallic Chemistry, was published in 1993.[7] With Wilkinson, he edited the influential series Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry. With Robert West, he edited the series Advances in Organometallic Chemistry.

The Gordon Stone Lecture series at the University of Bristol is named in his honour.[8]

Annual Stone Symposiums are also held at Baylor University in his honor.

Awards

Personal life

He married Judith Hislop (1928-2008) of Sydney, Australia in 1956 with whom he had three sons.

References

  1. ^ "RSC images" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b Bristol University Obituary, F Gordon A Stone, retrieved 08/03/2012
  3. ISBN 1857764056
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  4. doi:10.1039/JR9500002755
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  5. ^ a b Times Higher Education, Obituary, retrieved 07/04/2012
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    ISBN 0117012122
  7. ISBN 0841218269
  8. ^ University of Bristol, Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, http://www.inchm.bris.ac.uk/events_past.htm#stone, retrieved 25/03/2012
  9. ^ F Gordon A Stone, 1925-2011, retrieved 25 October 2012

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