George Burnett
Affiliations: | 1940-1945 | Chemistry | University of Aberdeen, UK, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| 1945-1955 | Chemistry | University of Birmingham (UK) | |
| 1955-1974 | Chemistry | University of Aberdeen, UK, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 1974-1980 | Chemistry | Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
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"George Burnett"Bio:
He was born in Messina in South Africa on 12 July 1921.
His family moved to London in his childhood and he was educated at Mile-End School before again relocating to Aberdeen in Scotland. Here he attended Robert Gordon's College before being accepted by Aberdeen University studying chemistry and mathematics. He graduated in 1943.[1]
On graduation he immediately moved to a teaching role within the university. In 1943/4 being an Assistant Lecturer in Natural Philosophy and 1944/5 a Lecturer in Chemistry. In 1945 he moved to Birmingham University serving as a lecturer in Chemistry there for ten years. In 1955 he received a chair in Aberdeen University and was a Professor there until 1974. He then received a post as Principal of Heriot-Watt University. He served as this until his rather early death aged only 59.
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