Durward William John Cruickshank

From Justapedia, unleashing the power of collective wisdom
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Durward William John Cruickshank
File:Durward William John Cruickshank.gif
Born(1924-03-07)March 7, 1924
London, UK
DiedJuly 13, 2007(2007-07-13) (aged 83)
Alderley Edge, UK
EducationLoughborough University
University of London
University of Cambridge
University of Leeds
Known forThermal ellipsoid
Scientific career
FieldsCrystallography
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
University of Glasgow
University of Manchester
Doctoral advisorErnest Gordon Cox

Durward William John Cruickshank FRS (7 March 1924 – 13 July 2007), often known as D. W. J. Cruickshank, was a British crystallographer whose work transformed the precision of determining molecular structures from X-ray crystal structure analysis. He developed the theoretical framework for anisotropic displacement parameters, also known as the thermal ellipsoid, for crystal structure determination in a series of papers published in 1956 in Acta Crystallographica.[1][2][3]

Education and career

Cruickshank studied at Loughborough University, University of London in engineering, and at University of Cambridge in mathematics, where he graduated with a DSc.[4] Afterwards, he joined Ernest Gordon Cox's group at University of Leeds, where he subsequently became a Lecturer in Mathematical Chemistry in 1950. He was at University of Glasgow from 1962 to 1967 as Joseph Black Professor of Chemistry.[5] Later, he moved to the Manchester area, becoming Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at UMIST (later became University of Manchester) from 1967 until his retirement in 1983.[6]

Honors and awards

Cruickshank was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.[7] In 1991, he received the Dorothy Hodgkin Prize of the British Crystallographic Association, where he served as Vice President from 1983 to 1985. He kept doing research after his retirement from the university, publishing his last paper in 2007,[8] the year he died.

Archives

Cruickshank's papers are held by the University of Manchester Library.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cruickshank, D. W. J. (10 September 1956). "The determination of the anisotropic thermal motion of atoms in crystals". Acta Crystallographica. 9 (9): 747–753. doi:10.1107/S0365110X56002035. ISSN 0365-110X.
  2. ^ Cruickshank, D. W. J. (10 September 1956). "The analysis of the anisotropic thermal motion of molecules in crystals". Acta Crystallographica. 9 (9): 754–756. doi:10.1107/S0365110X56002047. ISSN 0365-110X.
  3. ^ Cruickshank, D. W. J. (10 September 1956). "Errors in bond lengths due to rotational oscillations of molecules". Acta Crystallographica. 9 (9): 757–758. doi:10.1107/S0365110X56002059. ISSN 0365-110X.
  4. ^ "Durward William John Cruickshank (1924-2007)". www.iucr.org. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Chemistry at Glasgow: Prof. D. W. J. Cruickshank". Nature. 194 (4828): 531–531. 1962. doi:10.1038/194531c0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  6. ^ Helliwell, J. R.; Abrahams, S. C. (1 September 2007). "Durward William John Cruickshank (1924–2007)". Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography. 63 (5): 375–379. doi:10.1107/S0108767307039062. ISSN 0108-7673.
  7. ^ Beagley, B.; Helliwell, J. R. (2018). "Durward W. J. Cruickshank. 7 March 1924—13 July 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.
  8. ^ Ahmed, H. U.; Blakeley, M. P.; Cianci, M.; Cruickshank, D. W. J.; Hubbard, J. A.; Helliwell, J. R. (1 August 2007). "The determination of protonation states in proteins". Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography. 63 (8): 906–922. doi:10.1107/S0907444907029976. ISSN 0907-4449.


Stub icon

This article about a British scientist is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://justapedia.org/index.php?title=Durward_William_John_Cruickshank&oldid=1107327907"