British chemist (1941-2012)
Nicholas Charles Handy FRS [ 1] (17 June 1941 – 2 October 2012) was a British theoretical chemist.[ 4] [ 5] He retired as Professor of quantum chemistry at the University of Cambridge in September 2004.[ 6]
Education and early life [ edit ] Handy was born in Wiltshire , England and educated at Clayesmore School .[ 7] He studied the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge [ 3] and completed his PhD on theoretical chemistry supervised by Samuel Francis Boys .[ 3] [ 8]
Handy wrote 320 scientific papers published in physical and theoretical chemistry journals.[ 1] [ 6] [ 9]
Handy developed several methods in quantum chemistry and theoretical spectroscopy . His contributions have helped greatly to the understanding of:
Handy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1990 .[ 1] He was awarded the Leverhulme Medal in 2002[ 2] and was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science .[ 11]
On 2 October 2012 Nicholas died after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.[ 7]
^ a b c d Clary, David C. ; Knowles, Peter J.; Tozer, David J. (2015). "Nicholas Charles Handy 17 June 1941 – 2 October 2012" . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 61 : 145–160. doi :10.1098/rsbm.2015.0002 . ISSN 0080-4606 .
^ a b "Leverhulme Medal" . Royal Society. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2012 .
^ a b c d "Death of Professor Nicholas C. Handy, FRS" . University of Cambridge. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013.
^ Yanai, Takeshi; Tew, David P; Handy, Nicholas C (2004). "A new hybrid exchange–correlation functional using the Coulomb-attenuating method (CAM-B3LYP)" . Chemical Physics Letters . 393 (1–3): 51–57. Bibcode :2004CPL...393...51Y . doi :10.1016/j.cplett.2004.06.011 . ISSN 0009-2614 .
^ "Handy - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements" . The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012 .
^ a b "Professor Nicholas Handy" . University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010.
^ a b Buckingham, David. "Nicholas Handy 1941–2012" (PDF) . Retrieved 28 August 2016 .
^ Coulson, C. A. (1973). "Samuel Francis Boys 1911-1972" . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 19 : 94–115. doi :10.1098/rsbm.1973.0004 .
^ Nicholas C. Handy's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^ Handy, Nicholas C. (1999). "Energies and Expectation Values for Be by the Transcorrelated Method". The Journal of Chemical Physics . 51 (8): 3205–3212. Bibcode :1969JChPh..51.3205H . doi :10.1063/1.1672496 .
^ "Nicholas Handy at the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page" . Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
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