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Michael Lappert
Michael Franz Lappert (31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014) was a Czech-born British inorganic chemist. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes. Early life and education Lappert was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the UK as a ''Kindertransport'' refugee. He received his PhD in 1951 at the Northern Polytechnic, London. Career and research His areas of research often included studies on low coordination numbers and metal amido complexes Metal amides (systematic name metal azanides) are a class of coordination compounds composed of a metal center with amide ligands of the form NR2−. Amide ligands have two electron pairs available for bonding. In principle, they can be terminal or .... Awards and honours Lappert was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1979. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lappert, Michael Franz 1928 births 2014 deaths Inorganic chemists British chemists Fellows of the Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia
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University Of North London
The University of North London (UNL) was a university in London, England, formed from the Polytechnic of North London (PNL) in 1992 when that institution was granted university status. PNL, in turn, had been formed by the amalgamation of the Northern Polytechnic and North-Western Polytechnic in 1971. In 1996, the university celebrated its centenary, dating from the year of the Northern Polytechnic's founding. UNL existed until 2002, when it merged with London Guildhall University to form London Metropolitan University. Its former premises now form the University's north campus, on Holloway Road and Highbury Grove, London Borough of Islington, Islington. Structure Under the board of governors, the university was arranged into four faculties each led by a dean and pro vice-chancellor:— ;Faculty of Environmental and Social Studies: *School of Law, Governance and Information Management (formerly schools of Law and of Information and Communications Studies) *School of Social Scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |