Nicholas C. Handy
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Born | Nicholas Charles Handy 17 June 1941 |
Died | 2 October 2012 | (aged 71)
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Fields | Quantum Chemistry |
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Samuel Francis Boys[3] | |
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Website | iaqms |
Nicholas Charles Handy FRS[1] (17 June 1941 – 2 October 2012) was a British theoretical chemist.[4][5] He retired as Professor of quantum chemistry at the University of Cambridge in September 2004.[6]
Education and early life
Handy was born in
Research
Handy wrote 320 scientific papers published in physical and theoretical chemistry journals.[1][6][9] Handy developed several methods in quantum chemistry and theoretical spectroscopy. His contributions have helped greatly to the understanding of:
- the transcorrelated method [10]
- the long range behaviour of Hartree–Fock orbitals
- semiclassical methods for vibrational energies
- the variational method for rovibrational wave-functions (in normal mode and internal coordinates)
- Full configuration interaction with Slater determinants (benchmark studies)
- convergence of the Møller–Plessetseries
- the reaction path Hamiltonian
- Anharmonicspectroscopic and thermodynamic properties using higher derivative methods
- Brueckner-doubles theory[citation needed]
- Møller–Plessettheory
- frequency-dependent properties
- Density functional theory : quadrature, new functionals and molecular properties.
Awards and honours
Handy was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1990.[1] He was awarded the Leverhulme Medal in 2002[2] and was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[11]
Death
On 2 October 2012 Nicholas died after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.[7]
References
- ^ ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ a b "Leverhulme Medal". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Death of Professor Nicholas C. Handy, FRS". University of Cambridge. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013.
- ISSN 0009-2614.
- ^ "Handy - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Professor Nicholas Handy". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010.
- ^ a b Buckingham, David. "Nicholas Handy 1941–2012" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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- ^ Nicholas C. Handy's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
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- ^ "Nicholas Handy at the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.