Peter John

Background

He was the oldest son of Captain John Nelson, and grandson of Edward Agar Horatio Nelson, 5th Earl Nelson. He was brought up in Norwich on his father"s poultry farm and in Norfolk.

Education

Stang holds a Bachelor of Surgery from DePaul University and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Career

He was an apprentice in the Royal Air Force and in agricultural college. He later joined the Metropolitan Police serving as a Crime Investigation Department officer He later served in the Hertfordshire police.

He retired in 1983 at the rank of detective sergeant.

Nelson, as part of the House of Lords Acting of 1999, lost his seat in the House of Lords. He served as chairman of Retainacar (now Retainagroup), a company specialising in car security systems and as president of the Royal Navy Commando Association and of the Nelson Society.

The 9th Earl Nelson is survived by son Simon John Horatio Nelson, the 10th Earl.

Achievements

• Priestley Medal, (2013) National Medal of Science, (2010) Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award of the American College of Surgeons Division of Organic Chemistry, (2010) Field Artillery Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society (2010) Honorary Professor Chemical Abstracts Service Institute of Chemistry, Beijing, Zheijiang U. East China Normal U and East China U of Science and Technology, (2010) Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry, (2009) Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (2007) American College of Surgeons Award for Creative Research and Applications of Iodine Chemistry, (2007) Linus Pauling Award, (2006) Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006) Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002) Member of the National Academy of Sciences. American College of Surgeons George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry, (2003) Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Board of Directors, (2003–2007) Robert W. Parry Teaching Award, (2000) American College of Surgeons James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry, (1998) University of Utah Rosemblatt Prize for Excellence, (1995) Utah Award in Chemistry, American Chemical Society, (1994) The Governor"s Medal for Science and Technology, (1993) Honorary Doctorate of Science (Doctorate Sc honoris causa) Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (1992) Fulbright Senior Scholar, (1987–1988) University of Utah Distinguished Research Award, (1987) Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow (1985, 1998) Lady Davis Fellowship (Visiting Professor), Technion, Israel, (1986, 1997) Humboldt "Senior United States. Scientist" Award, (1977, 1996, 2010) Associate Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society (1982–1999) National Organic Symposium Executive Officer (1985).

Membership

National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences]

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (2007)

Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006)

Member of the National Academy of Sciences.