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Thomas, John Meurig was born on December 15, 1932 in Llanelli, Wales. Son of David John and Edyth Thomas.
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Thomas, John Meurig was born on December 15, 1932 in Llanelli, Wales. Son of David John and Edyth Thomas.
Master of Arts, University College of Swansea. Doctor of Philosophy, Queen Mary College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Wales, 1984.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Council for National Academic Awards, 1987. Doctor of Science (honorary), Jtexiot Walt University, 1989. Doctor (honorary), H.-W. University, 1990.
Doctor (honorary), Birmingham University, 1991. Doctor (honorary), Open University, 1990. Doctor (honorary), Lyon, France, 1994.
Doctor (honorary), Complutense, Madrid, 1994. Doctor (honorary), Western Ontario, 1995. Doctor (honorary), Glamorgan, 1995.
Science officer United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1957-1958, assistant lecturer, 1958-1959, lecturer, 1959-1965, reader, 1965-1969. Professor, head department of chemistry UCW, Aberystwyth, 1969-1978. Professor, head department physical chemistry, fellow King's College University Cambridge, 1978-1986.
Director, resident professor Davy Faraday Research Laboratory Royal Institute Great Britain, since 1986. Fulleian professor chemistry, 1988-1994. Master of Peterhouse University Cambridge.
Professor chemistry Royal Institution of Great Britain, London. Visiting professor Technology University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1962, Pennsylvania State University, 1963, 67, Technology University Karlsruhe, Federal Republic Germany, 1966, Weizmann Institute, Israel, 1969, University Florence, Italy, 1972, American University in Cairo, 1973, International Business Machines Corporation Research Center, San José, 1977, Quartermaster Corps, since 1986, Imperial College, London, since 1986, Academy Sinica, Beijing, Institute Ceramic Science, Shanghai, since 1986. Winegard visiting professor Guelph University, 1982, British Broadcasting Corporation Welsh Radio Annual lecturer, 1978.
Gerhardt Schmidt Memorial lecturer Weizmann Institute, 1979. Van't Hoff Memorial lecturer Ray Dutch Academy Arts and Sciences, 1988. Distinguished visiting lecturer, London University, 1980, Royal Society-British Association lecturer, 1980, Baker lecturer Cornell University, 1982-1983, district lecturer in chemical University Western Ontario, 1983, Sloan visiting professor Harvard University, 1983, Distinguished visiting lecturer Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1984, Salters lecturer Royal Institution, 1985, 86, Distinguished visiting lecturer University Notre Dame, Indiana, 1986, Schuit lecturer Institute Catalysis, University Delaware, 1986, Battista lecturer Clarkson University, 1987, Hund-Klemm lecturer Max Planck Center, Stuttgart, 1987, Kenneth Pitzer lecturer University California, Berkeley, 1988, Hallmond lecturer Mineral Society Great Britain, 1989, Faraday lecturer Royal Society Chemistry, 1989, Bakerian lecturer Royal Society, 1990, Bruce-Preller prize lecturer Royal Society Edinburgh, 1990.
Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn, 1987. Member Radioactive Waste Management Committee, 1978-1980. Member chemical committee, Strategic Research Centre, 1976-1978.
Member main committee SERC, since 1986. Member advisory committee Davy-Faraday Labs, Royal Institution, 1978-1980. Science advisory committee Science Alexandria, since 1979.
Board governors, Weizmann Institute, since 1982. Chairman Chemrawn, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1987-1993. Trustee Bachelor of Medicine, 1987-1992, Science Museum, 1990-1994.
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Author: (with W.J. Thomas) Introduction to the Principles of Heterogeneous Catalysis, 1967. Pan edrychwyf ar y nefoedd, 1978. Contributor articles in field.
Academia Europaea 1989.
Ancient civilizations, bird watching, hill walking, welsh literature.
Married Margaret Edwards, 1959. 2 daughters.