Benton Seymour Rabinovitch
| Seymour Rabinovitch | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Benton Seymour Rabinovitch February 19, 1919 Montreal[1] |
| Died | August 2, 2014 (aged 95) |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Thesis | Studies in chemical kinetics (academic research) and the detection of vesicants (war research) (1942) |
| Notable awards | FRS (1987)[2] |
(Benton) Seymour Rabinovitch (19 Feb 1919 - 2 Aug 2014) was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle, whose work measured the efficiency with which energy is transferred between molecules in gas-phase ion chemistry.[1]
Awards and honours
Rabinovitch was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1987.[2]
Personal life
Rabinovitch had four children, and later in life became an expert silversmith, an author of children's books and a philanthropist.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Seymour Rabinovitch leaves a long UW legacy in chemistry". Seattle: University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2016-02-19.
- 1 2 3 Campbell, Charles T.; Rabinovitch, Ruth A. (2016). "Benton Seymour Rabinovitch. 19 February 1919 — 2 August 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: rsbm20150021. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0021. ISSN 0080-4606.
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