Eddie Abel Explained

Eddie Abel
Honorific Suffix:	CBE
Birth Name:	Edward William Abel
Birth Date:	3 December 1931
Nationality:	British
Module:	Embed: yes Thesis Title: The preparation and properties of diphenylboronous acid and its derivatives. Thesis Url: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/940347264 Thesis Year: 1957 Doctoral Advisor: Michael F. Lappert

Edward William Abel, (3 December 1931 – 19 April 2021)^[1] was a British chemist, editor of textbooks on organometallic chemistry and president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1996-1998).^[2]

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to chemistry.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/249349/abel Abel
2. Book: The International Who's Who. 2004. Europa publications. 9781857432176.
3. Web site: The London Gazette. 27 June 2017.