Dr Paul Antony Bristow - obituary (BSc, MSc, PhD, CChem, CSci, FRSC)
30 June 1941 鈥� 8 December 2022
Dr Paul Bristow studied chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University College London in 乐天堂app下载 early 60s
He went on to do a PhD at Essex University when it was just formed, he was part of 乐天堂app下载 first intake of students under Sir Albert Sloman
In 乐天堂app下载 late 60s, Paul did post-doctoral studies at Bristol University and in 1970 he joined ICI in Manchester as part of a group specialising in 乐天堂app下载 online analysis under Dr Paul Clark.
Later 乐天堂app下载 team under Paul Clark moved to ICI Runcorn and I first met Paul when he developed and fitted an online analysis system on 乐天堂app下载 plant I worked on at ICI Huddersfield in 1978.
At this time Paul published a book called ‘ Liquid Chromatography in Practice’
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Paul was very dedicated to his technical work and I remember one annual assessment which described him as ‘resistant to authority’
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Paul was a keen cyclist and a Sustrans volunteer maintaining local cycle route signage. He enjoyed walking for most of his adult life – and had completed many – but not quite all of 乐天堂app下载 Scottish Munros. In 2006 he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. He loved music and was a regular attendee at concerts.
He was a keen observer of RSC obituaries and was always delighted to read of 乐天堂app下载 advanced ages that many chemists achieved. He would have been disappointed to have only achieved 81. Indeed all his family and all his many friends are too. He will be greatly missed.
Paul is survived by his son Huw, daughter Anna, four grandchildren and his partner Judith and wife Shan.
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