Ron Grigg
{{Short description|British chemist (died 2021)}}
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Ronald Ernest Grigg FRS{{Cite journal |last1=Sridharan |first1=Visuvanathar |last2=Stevenson |first2=Paul J. |last3=Gunaratne |first3=H. Q. Nimal |last4=de Silva |first4=A. Prasanna |date=2023 |title=Ronald Ernest Grigg. 1 September 1935—10 January 2021 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=73|pages=175–197 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2022.0052 |s2cid=257639745 |doi-access=free }} (1 September 1935 - 10 January 2021) was a British chemist and Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Leeds.[http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/People/Grigg.html University of Leeds staff page for Ron Grigg]{{Cite journal |last1=Sridharan |first1=Visuvanathar |last2=Stevenson |first2=Paul J. |last3=Nimal Gunaratne |first3=H. Q. |last4=Prasanna de Silva |first4=A. |date=2023-03-22 |title=Ronald Ernest Grigg. 1 September 1935—10 January 2021 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=75 |language=en |pages=175–197 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2022.0052 |s2cid=257639745 |issn=0080-4606|doi-access=free }}
Education
Prior to university, Grigg worked at Glaxo Laboratories from 1952 to 1960 whilst studying part-time for his first degree. He received his PhD from the University of Nottingham and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge with the team led by Nobel Laureate Alexander (later Lord) Todd.
Academic career
Grigg was appointed to a lectureship in organic chemistry at Nottingham in 1965 and remained there until 1974 when he became Professor of Organic Chemistry at Queen's University, Belfast.[http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/474/grigg.htm University of Leeds Reporter] He was appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Leeds in 1989. He retired from Leeds in 2001 when he was made Emeritus Professor.[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/obituaries/2021/grigg_ron.html University of Leeds, obituary]
Honours
Grigg was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1999.[https://royalsociety.org/people/ronald-grigg-11545/ Royal Society, profile of Ron Grigg]
Death
Grigg died on 10 January 2021.
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