Michael F. Lappert Explained

Michael Lappert
Birth Date:	31 December 1928
Birth Place:	Czechoslovakia
Death Place:	East Sussex, England, U.K.
Alma Mater:	Northern Polytechnic
Field:	inorganic chemistry
Thesis Title:	Interaction of boron trichloride with alcohols and ethers
Thesis Url:	http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778900884
Thesis Year:	1951
Doctoral Advisor:	William Gerrard
Doctoral Students:	E.W. Abel Philip Power

Michael Franz Lappert ^[1] (31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014)^[2] was a Czech-born British inorganic chemist. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes.^[3]

Early life and education

Lappert was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the UK as a Kindertransport refugee.^[4] He received his PhD in 1951 at the Northern Polytechnic, London.

Career and research

His areas of research often included studies on low coordination numbers and metal amido complexes.^{[5] [6]}

Awards and honours

Lappert was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1979.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Leigh. G. Jeffery. Nixon. John F.. Michael Franz Lappert. 31 December 1928 — 28 March 2014. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2016. 62. 277–298. Royal Society. London. 10.1098/rsbm.2016.0014. free.
2. Web site: Professor Michael Franz Lappert FRS . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023065109/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/notices-2014/ . 23 October 2014 .
3. Web site: Prof Michael Lappert, FRS's Biography . Debretts. 29 November 2012.
4. Web site: News : News : University of Sussex. https://web.archive.org/web/20140709091713/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/?id=24259. 9 July 2014.
5. Michael Lappert, Andrey Protchenko, Philip Power, Alexandra Seeber "Metal Amide Chemistry" Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009.
6. Bourget-Merle, L. . Lappert, M. F. . Severn, J. R. . The Chemistry of β-Diketiminatometal Complexes . . 2002 . 102 . 9 . 3031–3066 . 10.1021/cr010424r. 12222981 .