Michael Franz Lappert (31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014) was a Czech-born British

inorganic chemist Inorganic chemistry deals with synthesis and behavior of inorganic and organometallic compounds. This field covers chemical compounds that are not carbon-based, which are the subjects of organic chemistry. The distinction between the two disci ...

. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes.

Early life and education

Lappert was born in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

and came to the UK as a ''

Kindertransport The ''Kindertransport'' (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort of children (but not their parents) from Nazi-controlled territory that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World ...

'' 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.

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 Royal Society