Durward Cruickshank

British crystallographer
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Quick Facts

IntroBritish crystallographer
A.K.A.Durward William John Cruickshank
A.K.A.Durward William John Cruickshank
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasCrystallographer
Work fieldScience
Gender
Male
Birth5 March 1927
Death13 July 2007 (aged 80 years)
Star signPisces
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society 
Notable Works
The rôle of 3d-orbitals in π-bonds between (a) silicon, phosphorus, sulphur, or chlorine and (b) oxygen or nitrogen 
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Biography

Durward William John Cruickshank FRS (7 March 1924 – 13 July 2007) was a crystallographer whose work transformed the precision of determining molecular structures from X-ray crystal structure analysis.

He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.

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