Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish Net Worth

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Ronald George Wreyford Norrish was a British Chemist born in Cambridge, United Kingdom in 1897. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1967 for his work on the studies of extremely fast chemical reactions. He worked in collaboration with his former pupil George Porter from 1949 to 1965 to develop 'flash photolysis' and kinetic spectroscopy for the investigation and study of very fast reactions. Norrish made a remarkable correction to the Draper's law, which proposed that the amount of dynamic rate of photochemical change is directly proportional to the product of the intensity of light and time, by proving that it is proportional to the square root of the light intensity. He was a man of immense energy who enjoyed meeting people from different countries and different walks of life, and also loved to travel.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Chemist
Birth Day November 09, 1897
Birth Place Cambridge, United Kingdom, British
Age 122 YEARS OLD
Died On 7 June 1978(1978-06-07) (aged 80)\nCambridge, United Kingdom
Birth Sign Sagittarius
Alma mater University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Known for Norrish reaction
Awards FRS (1936) Davy Medal (1958) Faraday Lectureship Prize (1965) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1967)
Fields Chemistry
Institutions University of Cambridge
Thesis Radiation and chemical reactivity (1924)
Doctoral advisor Eric Rideal

💰 Net worth

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, renowned as a chemist in the British scientific community, is projected to have a net worth of $100K to $1M by the year 2024. With a remarkable career spanning over several decades, Norrish has made significant contributions to the field of chemistry, particularly in the study of fast chemical reactions. As a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967, his groundbreaking research on the transient intermediates involved in these reactions has revolutionized our understanding of chemical kinetics. Despite his scientific achievements, Norrish's estimated net worth reflects a humble and modest lifestyle, reflecting his dedication to advancing the boundaries of scientific knowledge rather than personal accumulation of wealth.

Biography/Timeline

1921

Norrish was a prisoner in World War I and later commented, with sadness, that many of his contemporaries and potential competitors at Cambridge had not survived the War. Military records show that 2nd Lieutenant Norrish of the Royal Artillery went missing (captured) in 21.3.18. Norrish rejoined Emmanuel College as a Research Fellow in 1925 and later became the Head of the Physical Chemistry Department at the University of Cambridge, occupying the left part of the Lensfield Road building with the other (and separate) department of 'Chemistry' (which encompassed organic, theoretical and inorganic chemistry) led by (Lord) Alexander R. Todd being accessed by going right at the main entrance. Both departments had separate administrative, technical and academic personnel until they merged to form one chemistry department under John Meurig Thomas in the early 1980s. Norrish researched photochemistry using continuous light sources (including after the war, searchlights).

1936

Norrish was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1936. As a result of the development of flash photolysis, Norrish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967 along with Manfred Eigen and George Porter for their study of extremely fast chemical reactions. One of his accomplishments is the development of the Norrish reaction.

Tags 1897 births 1978 deaths People from Cambridge People educated at The Perse School Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Nobel laureates in Chemistry British Nobel laureates English physical chemists World War I prisoners of war held by Germany Faraday Lecturers Fellows of the Royal Society English Nobel laureates British World War I prisoners of war

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