John M. Ottaway
Prof John Michael Ottaway FRSE FRIC FRSC (1939–1986) was a short-lived 20th century British analytical chemist. He was an expert in Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS).
Life
He was born in New Malden in Surrey in August 1939. He studied Chemistry under Prof Bishop at the University of Exeter graduating with honours in 1961. He continued as a postgraduate studying analysis, and gaining his doctorate (PhD) in 1965. He had begun lecturing in Analytical Chemistry in 1963 at Exeter and in 1966 began lecturing at the University of Strathclyde.[1] He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1973 and to Reader in 1977.[2]
In 1982 he became Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Strathclyde and in the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Peter Pauson, John N. Sherwood, Hamish Wood, Alastair North and D. W. A. Sharp.[3]
He died suddenly on 20 October 1986.[1]
Publications
- Practical Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (1989)
He commonly wrote for the journal "Analyst"
References
- "John Michael Ottaway 1939–1986". dokumen.tips. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- Littlejohn, David (January 1987). "Obituary - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (RSC Publishing)". Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2 (1): 1b–2. doi:10.1039/JA987020001B.
- Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.