Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton

British academic chemist and university administrator.

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1914

Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1997

Profession: politician, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Frederick Sydney Dainton, Baron Dainton Kt FRS FRSE (11 November 1914 – 5 December 1997) was a British academic chemist and university administrator. A graduate of Oxford and Cambridge, he was Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Leeds, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, Professor of Chemistry at Oxford and Chancellor of the University of Sheffield.
He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1957 (Davy Medal 1969, Faraday Medal 1974), knighted in 1971 and was elevated to a life peerage as Baron Dainton, of Hallam Moors in the County of South Yorkshire in 1986.