Background
Maddock, Alfred Gavin was born on August 15, 1917 in London. Son of John Owen and Eily Mary (Gavin) Maddock.
Maddock, Alfred Gavin was born on August 15, 1917 in London. Son of John Owen and Eily Mary (Gavin) Maddock.
Bachelor of Science, Imperial College, London, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College, London, 1942. Doctor of Science, Cambridge (England) University, 1960.
Doctor of Science, Louvain, Belgium, 1969.
Research assistant, Imperial College, 1941-1942; chemist, Tube Alloys Project, London, 1942-1943; chemist, Anglo-Canadian, Canada, 1943-1946; chemist, Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell, England, 1946-1947; teacher, Cambridge U., 1947-1984; fellow, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, since 1958.
Member Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Order of Merit in Science 1995), Royal Society Chemistry (Bequerel medal 1996).
Married Margaret Isabel Walton, November 14, 1942. Children: John Edmund Lewis, Francis Owen, Robert Huw.