Background
Sheldon, Roger Arthur was born on June 24, 1942 in Nottingham, England. Son of Arthur and Nora (Godber) Sheldon. came to Netherlands, 1969.
Sheldon, Roger Arthur was born on June 24, 1942 in Nottingham, England. Son of Arthur and Nora (Godber) Sheldon. came to Netherlands, 1969.
Sheldon was educated at the where he was awarded a PhD in 1967 for research on the chemical reactions of the organophosphorus compound tetraphenyldiphosphine.
Postdoctoral fellow, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1967-1968; postdoctoral fellow, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1968-1969; research chemist, Shell Research Amsterdam, 1970-1980; vice president for Research and Development, DSM/Andeno, Venlo, Netherlands, 1980-1990; professor organic chemistry, Delft (Netherlands) U. Technology, since 1991.
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Fellow Royal Society Chemistry (Chemical Society award in hydrocarbon oxidation 1979). Member American Chemical Society, Netherlands Chemical Society (chairman organic division since 1989).
Married Janna Kornelia Dijkstra, October 28, 1970. Children: Ruby Annemarie, Frank.