Michael F. Lappert

Michael Franz Lappert FRS^[1] (31 December 1928 – 28 March 2014)^[2] was a Czech-born British inorganic chemist. Mainly located at the University of Sussex, he was recognized for contributions to organometallic complexes.^[3]

Michael Lappert FRS
Born	(1928-12-31)31 December 1928 Czechoslovakia
Died	28 March 2014(2014-03-28) (aged 85)[1] East Sussex, England, U.K.
Alma mater	Northern Polytechnic
Scientific career
Fields	inorganic chemistry
Thesis	Interaction of boron trichloride with alcohols and ethers (1951)
Doctoral advisor	William Gerrard
Doctoral students	E.W. Abel Philip Power

Early life and education

Lappert was born in Czechoslovakia and came to the UK as a Kindertransport refugee.^[4] He received his PhD in 1951 at the Northern Polytechnic, London.^{[citation needed]}

Career and research

His areas of research often included studies on low coordination numbers and metal amido complexes.^[5][6]

Awards and honours

Lappert was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1979.^[1]