Jim Morrison (chemist)

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| name = Jim Morrison

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| birth_name = James Douglas Morrison

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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = 2013

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| field = Analytical chemistry

| work_institutions = La Trobe University

| alma_mater = University of Glasgow

| doctoral_advisor = John Monteath Robertson

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| known_for = Mass spectrometry

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James Douglas Morrison (1924–2013) was an Australian physical chemist. Born and educated in Glasgow (BSc 1945, PhD 1948), he moved to Australia in 1949 to work with the CSIRO. There he switched from X-ray crystallography to mass spectrometry as a research topic.

{{cite web |title= Professor Jim Morrison, Physical chemist |work= Interviews with Australian scientists |publisher= Australian Academy of Science |url= https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-james-morrison-physical }}

In 1967 he was appointed as the foundation chair of physical chemistry at La Trobe University, where he was a professor of chemistry until retiring in 1989.

[http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000656b.htm Morrison, James Douglas (1924 - 2013)], Encyclopaedia of Australian Science

[http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/617708?c=people Morrison, James Douglas, AO, FAA, FRSE, FRACI (1924-2013)], trove.nla.gov.au{{cite web |title= Centenary Medal |date= 1 January 2001 |quote= For service to Australian society and science in mass spectrometry |publisher= It's an Honour |url= https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1127367 |access-date= 26 December 2016 |archive-date= 27 December 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161227061714/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1127367&search_type=simple&showInd=true |url-status= live }}

{{cite web |title= Officer of the Order of Australia |date= 11 June 1990 |quote= AO QB 1990. For service to science, particularly in the field of physical chem., and to education |publisher= It's an Honour |url= https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885997 }}

He is known for his work in mass spectrometry and he is one of the inventors of the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. {{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4234791|title=Tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer for selected ion fragmentation studies and low energy collision induced dissociator|accessdate=19 April 2019|publisher=Google Patents}}