Robert Walker Hay
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Robert Walker Hay | |
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| Born | 17 September 1934 Stirling, Scotland |
| Died | 8 January 1999 |
| Alma mater | Glasgow University |
| Known for | Curtis-Hay ligands |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | organic chemistry |
| Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington, University of Sterling, St Andrews University |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral students | Kevin Tate |
Robert Walker Hay FRSE FRCS (1934–1999) was a British chemist. He held the chair in Chemistry at Stirling University and later St Andrews University.
Life[edit]
Hay went to Glasgow University to study Chemistry, graduating BSc in 1956 and then later receiving a doctorate (PhD) in Carbohydrate Chemistry in 1959.[1]
Hay moved to New Zealand in around 1962 to take up a post lecturing in both Organic and Inorganic Chemistry at the Victoria University of Wellington. Here, together with Neil Curtis, he formulated the Curtis-Hay ligands, a method of preparing diamines in acetone.[1]
In 1978 Hay was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Ronald Percy Bell, William Parker, John Michael Tedder, Charles Kemball, Evelyn Ebsworth and Roy Foster.[2]
The Bob Hay Lectureship[edit]
The Bob Hay Lectureship was established by the Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2001 in Hay's memory.[3] The lecture is given annually by a younger chemist (within 15 years of the completion of their PhD) working in the area of macrocyclic and/or supramolecular chemistry.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Perspectives on Bioinorganic Chemistry, foreword by Dr David T Ritchens
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ "Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Group Awards". Royal Society of Chemistry.