David Parker Craig AO FAA. 23 December 1919—1 July 2015. (30th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hush, Noel S.; Radom, Leo
• Is Part Of: Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Volume 64(2018)
• Page Start: 107
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2018-04-30
• Subjects: Scientists -- Obituaries -- Periodicals; Scientists -- Great Britain -- Obituaries -- Periodicals; Biography -- Periodicals; 509.2241
• DOI: 10.1098/rsbm.2017.0017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0080-4606

Abstract

Abstract : David Craig was an outstanding Australian theoretical chemist whose academic life oscillated between Australia (University of Sydney and Australian National University (ANU)) and the UK (University College London). The Craig Building of the Research School of Chemistry of the ANU was named in his honour in 1995. He was President of the Australian Academy of Science from 1990 to 1994, and the Academy's David Craig Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to chemistry research, was inaugurated in his honour. His best-known research is in the fields of quantum theory and spectroscopy of aromatic molecules, molecular crystals, quantum electrodynamics and chirality.