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Michael F. Lappert

Michael F. Lappert

British chemist

Michael Franz Lappert FRS[1](31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014)[2] was a Czech-born British inorganic chemist. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes.[3]

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Early life and education

Lappert was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the UK as a Kindertransport refugee.[4] He received his PhD in 1951 at the Northern Polytechnic, London.[citation needed]

Career and research

His areas of research often included studies on low coordination numbers and metal amido complexes.[5][6]

Awards and honours

Lappert was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1979.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh, G. Jeffery; Nixon, John F. (2016). "Michael Franz Lappert. 31 December 1928 — 28 March 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 62. London: Royal Society: 277–298. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0014.
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    "Professor Michael Franz Lappert FRS". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Prof Michael Lappert, FRS's Biography". Debretts. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
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    "News : News : University of Sussex". Archived from the original on 9 July 2014.
  5. [5]
    Michael Lappert, Andrey Protchenko, Philip Power, Alexandra Seeber "Metal Amide Chemistry" Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009. ISBN 0-470-72184-7
  6. [6]
    Bourget-Merle, L.; Lappert, M. F.; Severn, J. R. (2002). "The Chemistry of β-Diketiminatometal Complexes". Chem. Rev. 102 (9): 3031–3066. doi:10.1021/cr010424r. PMID 12222981.
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