Norman Greenwood was always keen to encourage an interest in chemsitry among school children.
norman greenwood, born 1925
PROFESSOR OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Norman Neill Greenwood was a member of the group of distinguished post-Second World War inorganic chemists who created modern inorganic chemistry. He was particularly recognized for his contributions to the chemistry of the main group elements boron (especially the metallaboranes), aluminium and gallium and for his contribution to the application of Mössbauer spectroscopy to inorganic systems. He was also committed to the teaching of his subject and wrote several highly regarded books; most notably, he was co-author of a textbook on inorganic chemistry, Chemistry of the elements, widely regarded as among the very best of its kind. This life story is published by the Royal Society as part of its series of Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, described here.
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Source: Reproduced, with acknowledgement and thanks, from the Royal Society’s series of Biographical Memoirs of Fellows in 2010.