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279:, moving on in 1973 to become Chairman of the
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314:(FRSE). In 1972, he was elected to the
220:he explained the thermodynamics of the
92:Frederick Sydney Dainton, Baron Dainton
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973:Life peers created by Elizabeth II
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753:"Honorary Graduates 1966 to 1988"
211:St Catharine's College, Cambridge
209:. In 1945 he became a Fellow of
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179:Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
549:"Baron DAINTON OF HALLAM MOORS"
413:Science: Salvation or Damnation
727:"President's medal recipients"
439:Gray, P.; Ivin, K. J. (2000).
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271:In 1970 Dainton was appointed
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226:depolymerizable polymers
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363:in 1971 and received a
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460:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0075
306:Dainton was elected a
277:Exeter College, Oxford
181:where he received his
898:Crossbench life peers
407:Selected publications
399:Lord Dainton died in
383:Marriage and children
379:on 14 February 1986.
706:search.amphilsoc.org
702:"APS Member History"
339:Institute of Physics
153:Dainton was born in
26:The Right Honourable
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344:He was awarded the
245:radiation chemistry
241:University of Leeds
222:ceiling temperature
191:Ronald Norrish, FRS
185:in 1940 working on
123:University of Leeds
843:Chancellor of the
784:The London Gazette
517:on 24 January 2013
354:University of Bath
273:Dr Lee's Professor
243:, specialising in
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135:Dr Lee's Professor
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547:Ivin, Ken.
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507:090219884X
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327:Davy Medal
292:Chancellor
171:Exhibition
139:Chancellor
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322:in 1991.
233:Professor
228:in 1948.
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