Background
Bartlett, Neil was born on September 15, 1932 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Son of Norman and Ann Willins (Vock) Bartlett.
Bartlett, Neil was born on September 15, 1932 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Son of Norman and Ann Willins (Vock) Bartlett.
Bachelor of Science, Kings College, U. Durham, England, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Inorganic Chemistry, Kings College, U. Durham, 1957; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Waterloo, Canada, 1968; Honorary Doctor of Science, Colby College, 1972; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1981; Honorary Doctor of Science, McMaster U., Canada, 1992; Doctor of the University (honorary), University Bordeaux, France, 1976; Doctor of the University (honorary), University Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1989; Doctor of the University (honorary), University Nantes, France, 1990; Doctor of Laws, Simon Fraser U., Canada, 1993.
Lecturer chemistry, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1958-1963;
professor, U. B.C., 1963-1966;
professor of chemistry, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1966-1969;
professor of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, since 1969. Member of advisory board on inorganic reactions and methods Verlag Chemie, since 1978. Member of advisory panel National Measurement Laboratory, National Bureau Studies, 1974-1980.
E.W.R. Steacie Memorial fellow National Research Council, Canada, 1964-1966. Miller visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1967-1968. 20th G.N. Lewis Memorial lecturer, 1973.
William Lloyd Evans Memorial lecturer Ohio State University, 1966. A.D. Little lecturer Northeastern U., 1969. Phi Beta Upsilon lecturer U. Nebraska, 1975.
Henry Werner lecturer U. Kansas, 1977. Jeremy Musher Memorial lecturer, Israel, 1980, Randolph T. Major Memorial lecturer U. Connecticut, 1985, J.C. Karcher lecturer U. Oklahoma, 1988. Brotherton visiting professor U. Leeds, England, 1981.
Erskine vis.lectr. U. Canterbury, New Zealand, 1983. Wilsmore fellow Melbourne U., Australia, 1983. Visiting fellow All Souls College, University of Oxford, 1984.
Miller professor University of California-Berkeley, 1986-1987. George H. Cady lecturer U. Washington, Seattle, 1994. Leermakers lecturer Wesleyan University, 1995.
Davis Memorial lecturer U. New Orleans, 1997, Pierre Duhem seminaires, U. Bordeaux, 1998.
Fellow Royal Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Institute Chemistry, Chemical Institute Canada (1st Noranda lecturer 1963). Member NAS (foreign associate), Leopoldina Academy (Halle, Salle), Akademie der Wissenschaften in Gottingen, Associé Etranger, Academia Europaea, Académie des Sciences, Institut de France, American Chemical Society (chairman divisions fluorine chemistry 1972, inorganic chemistry 1977, award in inorganic chemistry 1970, W.H. Nichols award New York section 1983, Pauling medal of Pacific N.W. sects.1989, Distinguished Svc. award 1989, award for Creative Work in Flourine Chemistry 1992), Phi Lambda Upsilon (honorary).
Married Christina Isabel Cross, December 26, 1957. Children: Jeremy John, Jane Ann, Christopher, Robin.