1897–1978 British physical chemist whose investigations of fast reactions laid the foundations for later studies in photosynthesis and the mechanisms of enzyme action.
Keywords: free radicals; photochemistry; flash photolysis; Eigen; Porter
Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford
Noel G Coley, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002890
| Further Reading | |
| book Norrish RGW (1964) The study of energy transfer in atoms and molecules by photochemical methods. The Transfer of Energy in Gases, pp. 99–182. New York: Interscience. | |
| Norrish RGW (1965) The kinetics of very fast chemical reactions. Chemistry in Britain 1: 289–311. | |
| book Norrish RGW (1969) "Some fast reactions in gases studied by flash photolysis". Les Prix Nobel en 1967, pp. 181–211. Stockholm: Imprimerie Royale, PA Norstedt & Söner. | |
| Dainton F and Thrush BA (1981) Ronald George Wreyford Norrish. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 27: 379–424. | |
| book Laidler KJ (1993) In: James LK (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. (History of Modern Chemistry Series), pp. 479–486. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and the Chemical Heritage Foundation. | |
