Alan Herbert Cowley FRS (29 January 1934 – 2 August 2020) was a British

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe ...

, and Robert A. Welch Chair at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

. He was a 1976

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Life

He earned a BS in 1955, MS in 1956, and PhD in 1958, from

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The university owns and operates majo ...

. He taught at the University of Texas at Austin, from 1962 to 1998. He was the Sir Edward Frankland Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, at

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, from 1988 to 1989. He died on 2 August 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cowley, Alan Scientists from Manchester British chemists University of Texas at Austin faculty Alumni of the University of Manchester Academics of Imperial College London Fellows of the Royal Society 1934 births 2020 deaths