Cyril Clifford Addison

Who is Cyril Clifford Addison?

Cyril Clifford Addison, FRS was a British inorganic chemist.

He was a member of the Chemical Inspection Department, Ministry of Supply from 1939 to 1945. He was Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Nottingham University from 1946 to 1978, and Leverhulme Emeritus Professor from 1978 to 1994.

He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 19 March 1970. He was President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 1976 to 1977

He married Marjorie Thompson in 1939; they had one son, one daughter.