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John Murrell (chemist)

John Norman Murrell FRS (2 March 1932 – 25 January 2016) was a British theoretical chemist who played a leading role in revolutionising the UK's reputation for theoretical chemistry during the second half of the 20th century.

John Murrell
FRS

(1932-03-02)2 March 1932

Brixton, England

25 January 2016(2016-01-25) (aged 83)

North Chailey, England

British

King's College London

  • Understanding of spectra
  • Theory of intermolecular forces
  • Construction of potential energy surfaces

(Dorothy) Shirley Read

Theoretical chemistry

1963 The theory of the electronic spectra of organic molecules. Chapman and Hall, London

1965 (With S. F. A. Kettle and ) Valence theory. John Wiley & Sons, London

J. M. Tedder

1972 (With A. J. Harget) Semi-empirical self-consistent-field molecular orbital theory of molecules. Wiley Interscience, London

1978 Chemical bond. Wiley-Blackwell

1982 (With E. A. Boucher) Properties of Liquids and Solutions. Wiley-Blackwell

1984 (With S. Carter, S. C. Farantos, P. Huxley and A. J. C. Varandas) Molecular potential energy functions. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester

1989 (With S. Bosanac) Introduction to the theory of atomic and molecular collisions. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.