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Sir Cyril Hinshelwood

Sir Cyril HinshelwoodAKA Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

Born: 19-Jun-1897
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 9-Oct-1967
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Kinetics of Chemical Change

Father: Norman Macmillan Hinshelwood
Mother: Ethel Frances Smith

    High School: Westminster City School
    University: Oxford University (1924)
    Professor: Chemistry, Oxford University (1937-64)
    Scholar: Sr. Research Fellow, Imperial College London (1964-)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1956 (with Nikolay Semyonov)
    Davy Medal 1942
    Royal Medal 1947
    Knighthood 1948
    Order of Merit 1960
    Copley Medal 1962
    Pontifical Academy of Sciences
    Royal Society 1929, President 1955-60

Author of books:
The Kinetics of Chemical Change (1926, chemistry)
The Chemical Kinetics of the Bacterial Cell (1946, chemistry)


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