Ian William Murison Smith

Ian William Murison Smith FRS FRSC (15 June 1937 – 8 November 2016)[2][3] was a chemist who served as a research fellow and lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge from 1963 to 1985 and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham from 1985 to 2002.[3][4]

Ian Smith FRS FRSC
Born	Ian William Murison Smith 15 June 1937 Leeds
Died	8 November 2016 (aged 79)
Education	Giggleswick School
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD)
Spouse(s)	Sue Morrish ​ (m. 1961)​
Awards	Tilden Prize (1983) Polanyi Medal (1990)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Birmingham University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor	Tony Callear
Doctoral students	Gus Hancock David Klenerman[1]

Education

Smith was educated at Giggleswick School[3] then in the West Riding of Yorkshire and the University of Cambridge where he studied the Natural Sciences Tripos as an undergraduate student of Christ's College, Cambridge.[2] He graduated in 1960 and went on to gain a PhD in 1964 supervised by Tony Callear.[2]

Research and career

Smith was a leading researcher in reaction kinetics, energy transfer and molecular dynamics in gas phase systems.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1995,[2] a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and awarded the Tilden Prize in 1983[2] and the Polanyi Medal in 1990 by the Royal Society of Chemistry. His former doctoral students include David Klenerman[5][1] and Gus Hancock.[2][6][7]

Personal life

He married Sue Morrish in 1961. They had four children.[2]

References

1. Klenerman, David (1985). Infrared chemiluminescence using a SISAM spectrometer. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 499899771. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.355881.
2. Hancock, Gus (2018). "Ian William Murison Smith. 15 June 1937—8 November 2016" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. London: Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0033. ISSN 0080-4606.
3. Anon (2007). "Smith, Prof. Ian William Murison". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.35371. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
4. Anon (2016). "Professor Ian Murison Smith, FRS". ch.cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge.
5. "Interdisciplinary Award 2007 Winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
6. "Professor Gus (Graham) Hancock BA(Dublin) MA(Dublin, Oxon) PhD(Cantab) Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). infiqc.fcq.unc.edu.ar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-16.
7. Hancock, (Graham) Gus (1971). A study of some elementary processes using infrared chemiluminescence. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 500462959. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.458050.