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F. Albert Cotton
Frank Albert Cotton (April 9, 1930 – February 20, 2007)[1] was an American chemist. He was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. He authored over 1600 scientific articles.[2] Cotton was recognized for his research on the chemistry of the transition metals.
Education[edit]
Frank Albert Cotton (known as "Al" Cotton, or "F Albert" on publications) was born on April 9, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended local public schools before Drexel University and then Temple University.[2] After earning his BA degree from Temple in 1951, Cotton pursued a Ph.D. thesis under the guidance of Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson[1] at Harvard University where he worked on metallocenes.[3] He received his Ph.D in 1955.[4]
Independent career[edit]
Following his graduation from Harvard, Cotton began teaching at MIT. In 1961, at thirty-one years of age, he became the youngest person to have received a full professorship at MIT.[2] His work emphasized both electronic structure and chemical synthesis. He pioneered the study of multiple bonding between transition metal atoms, starting with research on rhenium halides,[5] and in 1
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Education: B.S., chemical discipline, Taiyuan Society of Technology; M.S., biotic chemistry, City Institute compensation Technology; Phd, inorganic promote materials alchemy, University accuse California, Santa Barbara
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Albert Cotton
Frank Albert Cotton FRS (April 9, 1930 – February
20, 2007)[1] was an American chemist. He was the Frank Albert Cotton
W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M
University. He authored over 1600 scientific articles.[2]
Cotton was recognized for his research on the
chemistry of the transition metals.
Early life and education
Cotton, known as "Al" Cotton, or "F Albert" on
publications, was born on April 9, 1930, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended local public Cotton in August 2005
schools before attending Drexel University and then
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