Nicholas C. Handy

Nicholas Handy
Born Nicholas Charles Handy
(1941-06-17)17 June 1941
Died 2 October 2012(2012-10-02) (aged 71)
Fields Quantum Chemistry
Institutions
Doctoral advisor Samuel Francis Boys[1]
Doctoral students Robert J. Harrison
Notable awards
Website
www.iaqms.org/deceased/handy.php

Nicholas Charles Handy, FRS[2] (17 June 1941 2 October 2012) was a British theoretical chemist.[4][5] He retired as Professor of quantum chemistry at the University of Cambridge in September 2004.[6]

Education and early life

Handy was born in Wiltshire, England and educated at Clayesmore School. He studied the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge[1] and completed his PhD on theoretical chemistry supervised by Samuel Francis Boys.[1][7]

Research

Handy wrote 320 scientific papers published in physical and theoretical chemistry journals.[2][6][8] Handy developed several methods in quantum chemistry and theoretical spectroscopy. His contributions have helped greatly to the understanding of:

Awards and honours

Handy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1990.[2] He was awarded the Leverhulme Medal in 2002[3] and was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Death of Professor Nicholas C. Handy, FRS". University of Cambridge. 2012-10-08. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Clary, David C.; Knowles, Peter J.; Tozer, David J. (2015). "Nicholas Charles Handy 17 June 1941 — 2 October 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society (Royal Society publishing) 61. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0002. ISSN 0080-4606.
  3. 1 2 "Leverhulme Medal". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  4. Yanai, Takeshi; Tew, David P; Handy, Nicholas C (2004). "A new hybrid exchange–correlation functional using the Coulomb-attenuating method (CAM-B3LYP)". Chemical Physics Letters 393 (1-3): 51–57. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2004.06.011. ISSN 0009-2614.
  5. "Handy - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". Announcements.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  6. 1 2 "Professor Nicholas Handy". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28.
  7. Coulson, C. A. (1973). "Samuel Francis Boys 1911-1972". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 19: 94. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1973.0004.
  8. Nicholas C. Handy's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier.
  9. "Nicholas Handy at the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
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