Background
ADDISON, Cyril was born on November 28, 1913. Son of Edward Thomas Addison and Olive Clifford.
ADDISON, Cyril was born on November 28, 1913. Son of Edward Thomas Addison and Olive Clifford.
Workington and Millom Grammar Schools, Cumberland, University of Durham (Hatfield College).
Lecturer, Harris Institute, Preston 1938-1939. Ministry of Supply, Chemical Inspection Department 1939-1945. Chemical Defence Research Establishment 1945.
Lecturer, University of Nottingham 1946, Reader in Inorganic Chemistry 1952.
Professor, of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Nottingham 1960-1978, Dean of Faculty of Pure Science 1968-1971, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow 1978. Distinguished Visiting Professor, Auburn University, Alabama, United States of America 1979-1980.
President 1976-1977), Institute of Chemistry Council 1948-1951, 1962-1965 (Vice-President 1965-1967). Honorary Doctor of Science (Durham and Warwick).
Chemical Society Council 1954-1957.
Married Marjorie Whineray Thompson in 1939.