:Cliff Addison
{{Short description|British inorganic chemist}}
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| name = Cliff Addison
| birth_name = Cyril Clifford Addison
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y |1913|11|28}}
| birth_place = Plumpton, Cumbria, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y |1994|04|01 |1913|11|28}}
| death_place = Hale, Cheshire, England
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| workplaces = University of Nottingham
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| doctoral_students = Brian Johnson{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s10876-005-0036-7| title = Honouring Brian F. G. Johnson FRS, FRSE, FRSC, F. Acad. Europa| journal = Journal of Cluster Science| volume = 17| pages = 1–3| year = 2005| last1 = Harvey | first1 = P. D. | s2cid = 98476514}}
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}}Cyril Clifford Addison, FRS{{Cite journal | last1 = Lord Lewis Of Newnham | author-link1 = Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham| last2 = Johnson | first2 = B. F. G. | author-link2 = Brian F. G. Johnson| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1997.0001 | title = Cyril Clifford Addison. 28 November 1913--1 April 1994.: Elected F.R.S. 1970 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 43 | pages = 3 | year = 1997 | s2cid = 70964112| doi-access = }} (28 November 1913 – 1 April 1994) 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.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-cliff-addison-1369917.html "Obituary: Professor Cliff Addison"], The Independent, NORMAN GREENWOOD, 14 April 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/History/rscpresidents/1944to1980.asp|title=The history of the Royal Society of Chemistry}}
Personal life
Addison married Marjorie Thompson in 1939; they had one son, one daughter.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}
Works
- Inorganic chemistry of the main-group elements, Editor Cyril Clifford Addison, Chemical Society, 1978, {{ISBN|978-0-85186-792-2}}; [https://books.rsc.org/books/edited-volume/1214/Inorganic-Chemistry-of-the-Main-group-Elements table of contents at Royal Society of Chemistry website] [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=IHAoDwAAQBAJ 2007 edition]
- HDA Corrosion Chemistry, Cyril Clifford Addison, Norman Logan, Defense Technical Information Center, 1977
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Category:People from Cumberland
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