Michael Mingos
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Born | David Michael Patrick Mingos 6 August 1944 Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq |
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Known for | Cluster chemistry[1] |
Thesis | The preparation and properties of some tertiary phosphine complexes of osmium, iridium, ruthenium, and platinum (1968) |
Website | seh |
David Michael Patrick Mingos,
Education
Mingos attended the
Harvey Grammar School, King Edward VII School Lytham St Anne's, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Chemistry Department Prize 1963, BSc First Class 1965, Hon DSc 2000), and the University of Sussex (DPhil 1968,[8] and Hon DSc
2001).
Career
Mingos undertook
Queen Mary, University of London. He then moved to the University of Oxford as Fellow and Tutor at Keble College and University Lecturer. From 1977 until 1992 he was also Lecturer at Pembroke College, Oxford
.
In 1978, Mingos,
nucleophilic additions will occur on pi ligands.[9]
Mingos' 1984 paper on the
cluster compounds.[10]
In 1990 he was appointed
British Petroleum Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (1992–99) and Dean of the Royal College of Science
(1996–99).
In 1999 Mingos was appointed Principal of St Edmund Hall, OxfordTitle of Distinction the title of professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Oxford. He was superseded as principal by Professor Keith Gull on 1 October 2009.[12]
With David J. Wales he is the co-author of the textbook Introduction to Cluster Chemistry.[1]
Honours and awards
In 1980, Mingos was award the
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1992
.
Personal life
Michael Mingos is the son of Vasso Mingos, of Athens, and Rose Enid Billie Mingos née Griffiths.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0134743059.
- ^ Oxford University Gazette, Recognition of Distinction 1999–2000: Successful Candidates, Supplement (2) to Gazette No. 4558, Wednesday, 27 September 2000
- ^ University of Oxford Annual Review 1998/99 Archived 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Principal of St Edmund Hall
- ^ Michael Mingos's CV
- ^ Debrett's People of Today (12th edn, London: Debrett's Peerage, 1999), p. 1362
- ^ Debrett's People of Today online
- OCLC 500519525.
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- ^ "New Principal for St Edmund Hall", St Edmund Hall
- ^ "Full History of the Hall", St Edmund Hall