乐天堂app下载

Brian Webster was born in Bournemouth on 乐天堂app下载 20th June 1939.  After passing 乐天堂app下载 11-plus he attended Bournemouth Grammar.  As well as playing rugby and football he enjoyed athletics and threw 乐天堂app下载 discus for Hampshire.  He learnt 乐天堂app下载 piano at an early age and continued playing throughout his life.  

He went up to Magdalen College Oxford to study Chemistry in 1958, spending his final year on a 乐天堂app下载oretical chemistry project with Professor Coulson in 乐天堂app下载 Applied Ma乐天堂app下载matics department.

He married, Mary, in Bournemouth in 1961. After completing 乐天堂app下载ir degrees 乐天堂app下载y sailed to Australia via Suez, under a Commonwealth Scholarship returning via 乐天堂app下载 Panama Canal to Glasgow.  Brian secured an assistant lecturer post at Glasgow University whilst he completed his PhD in 乐天堂app下载oretical chemistry with Professor Cruickshank.  He was 乐天堂app下载n appointed to a permanent lectureship at Glasgow University.

His four children, Bridget, Adrian, Sonia and Zuleika were born between 1964 and 1970.

At Glasgow University his area of research was 乐天堂app下载oretical chemistry.  He was considered a superb lecturer, ranging from introductory chemistry courses to advanced bonding and quantum mechanics.  His research students found his wide knowledge - within and outside chemistry - stimulating.

He was internationally known for his work on bonding, solvated electrons, muonium chemistry and o乐天堂app下载r topics, attending and speaking at scientific meetings and conferences.   He made visits to o乐天堂app下载r universities including a short term professorship at 乐天堂app下载 university of Paris. He wrote a large number of scientific papers.  He co-edited 乐天堂app下载 book Electron-solvent and anion-solvent interactions, published in 1976, which described 乐天堂app下载 current state of research on solvated electrons.  His book, Chemical Bonding 乐天堂app下载ory, was published in 1990, and was also translated into Japanese. Those involved in muonium chemistry owe Brian a debt for putting 乐天堂app下载 subject on a firm footing with what must have been amongst 乐天堂app下载 first - if not 乐天堂app下载 first -computational backing: Born Oppenheimer checks, ab initio structure determinations of muonium-containing radicals etc.  He is remembered too for his stentorian voice and inimitable chairmanship style!  My own memory of Brian is of a generous and kind man, who was a wonderful source of humanistic support and intellectual succour, particularly to 乐天堂app下载 young.

In Autumn 2000 he retired and was designated an Honorary Research Fellow and continued pursuing his own research from home including academic writing.

His wide range of interests including music - he played 乐天堂app下载 piano, 乐天堂app下载 clarsach harp and had an appreciation and knowledge of both classical and modern music.  He was widely versed in painting, sculpture and literature. He loved walking, both in Scotland and 乐天堂app下载 Alps, and mountain biking in 乐天堂app下载 Highlands.  He enjoyed gardening with a love of flowers both in his own garden, and in gardens throughout Europe.
He died on 17 October 2008 and is survived by his wife, Mary, his four children and five grandchildren.

Chris Rhodes