Cliff Addison


Cyril Clifford "Cliff" Addison, FRS was a British inorganic chemist.

Career

Addison was a member of the Chemical Inspection Department, Ministry of Supply from 1939 to 1945. He was Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Nottingham from 1946 to 1978, and Leverhulme Emeritus Professor from 1978 to 1994.

Awards and honours

Addison was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 19 March 1970 and President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 1976 to 1977

Personal life

Addison married Marjorie Thompson in 1939; they had one son, one daughter.

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