John Cadogan#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 935 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
John Cadogan passed away February 9, 2020.
Positions Held
- Member of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice
- 1994 The first Director General of Research Councils at the then Office of Science and Technology
- 1979 BP (British Petrol) providing leadership of the company’s research activities
Fields of Scholarship
- Reaction mechanisms of organic compounds
- Discoverer of the Cadogan reaction
Honours and Awards
- Meldola Medal
- Corday Morgan Medal for outstanding early-career achievement
- Inaugural President of the Learned Society of Wales
- President of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1991 Knighted
