Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1956

The Queen’s College - University of Oxford

“for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions”

Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood was a British physical chemist. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions.

Field
Chemistry · Physical Chemistry
Lifespan
1897–1967
  • Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry