Arthur Wilson Adamson was an American chemist who is considered a pioneer in inorganic photochemistry.
Education
Born to American missionaries in Shanghai, China, he received his Bachelor of Surgery in chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley in 1940 and his Doctor of Philosophy in physical chemistry at the University of Chicago in 1944.
Career
His research made significant contributions to the understanding of physical adsorption and contact angle phenomena, and the thermodynamics of surfaces and irreversible adsorption. After two years as a research associate for the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, he began a career at the University of Southern California that extended through his appointment as professor emeritus in 1989. He chaired the University of Southern California Department of Chemistry from 1972 to 1975.