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Ron Grigg
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Ronald Ernest Grigg FRS[1] (1 September 1935 - 10 January 2021) was a British chemist and Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Leeds.[2][3]
Key Information
Early life and education
[edit]Grigg was born in Southall, to Ernest Ronald Grigg (a parcels packer) and Gladys Vera McBride (née Price).
Prior to university, Grigg worked at Glaxo Laboratories from 1952 to 1960 whilst studying part-time for his first degree. He received his PhD from the University of Nottingham and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge with the team led by Nobel Laureate Alexander (later Lord) Todd.
Academic career
[edit]Grigg was appointed to a lectureship in organic chemistry at Nottingham in 1965 and remained there until 1974 when he became Professor of Organic Chemistry at Queen's University, Belfast.[4] He was appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Leeds in 1989. He retired from Leeds in 2001 when he was made Emeritus Professor.[5]
Honours
[edit]Grigg was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1999.[6]
Private life
[edit]Grigg married Jean Mary Rose Palmer in Ealing in 1956. They had two children: Stephen Paul in 1962, and Nicola Jayne in 1967.
Jean died in 2005. Ron Grigg died in Leeds on 10 January 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ Sridharan, Visuvanathar; Stevenson, Paul J.; Gunaratne, H. Q. Nimal; de Silva, A. Prasanna (2023). "Ronald Ernest Grigg. 1 September 1935—10 January 2021". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 73: 175–197. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2022.0052. S2CID 257639745.
- ^ University of Leeds staff page for Ron Grigg
- ^ Sridharan, Visuvanathar; Stevenson, Paul J.; Nimal Gunaratne, H. Q.; Prasanna de Silva, A. (22 March 2023). "Ronald Ernest Grigg. 1 September 1935—10 January 2021". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 75: 175–197. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2022.0052. ISSN 0080-4606. S2CID 257639745.
- ^ University of Leeds Reporter
- ^ University of Leeds, obituary
- ^ Royal Society, profile of Ron Grigg
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