MacDiarmid

MacDiarmid
I. biographical name Alan Graham 1927- American (N.Z.-born) chemist II. biographical name Hugh 1892-1978 pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve Scottish poet

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  • MacDiarmid — or Macdiarmid is a surname, and may refer to:* Alan MacDiarmid won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000 * Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet, real name Christopher Murray Grieve * Sarah MacDiarmid, a woman who disappeared in Melbourne, Australia, in… …   Wikipedia

  • MacDiarmid — bzw. McDiarmid ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alan MacDiarmid (1927–2007), neuseeländischer Chemiker Donald McDiarmid (* ?), kanadischer Tennisspieler Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1972), schottischer Poet Ian McDiarmid (* 1944),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • MacDiarmid —   [mək dɪəmɪd],    1) Alan G., amerikanischer Chemiker neuseeländischer Herkunft, * Masterton (Neuseeland) 14. 4. 1927; Professor für Chemie an der University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. MacDiarmid ist Mitentdecker elektrisch leitender… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • MacDiarmid — [mək dʉr′mid] Hugh (pseud. of Christopher Murray Grieve) 1892 1978; Scot. poet * * * (1892–1978) a Scottish poet. He wrote in the Scottish dialect known as Lallans and is best known for his poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (1926). He was a… …   Universalium

  • MacDiarmid — [mək dʉr′mid] Hugh (pseud. of Christopher Murray Grieve) 1892 1978; Scot. poet …   English World dictionary

  • MacDiarmid — n. family name; Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 1978), one of the primary poets of Scotland; Alan MacDiarmid (born in 1927), New Zealander Nobel prize winner in Chemistry for 2000 for his work in plastic conductivity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • MacDiarmid — The Scottish clan MacDairmid, the surname also being spelt MacDarmid, MacDearmid, MacDearmaid, MacDiarmid, MacDearmont, MacDairmond, MacDermand, and all the short forms commencing Mc , derives from the ancient pre 7th century Gaelic Mac Dhiarmaid …   Surnames reference

  • MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology — The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (often simply called the MacDiarmid Institute) is a New Zealand research organisation specialising in materials science and nanotechnology. It is based at Victoria University of… …   Wikipedia

  • MacDiarmid, Hugh — orig. Christopher Murray Grieve born Aug. 11, 1892, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scot. died Sept. 9, 1978, Edinburgh Scottish poet. In 1922 he founded the monthly Scottish Chapbook, in which he published his lyrics and sparked the Scottish literary… …   Universalium

  • MacDiarmid, Alan G. — born April 14, 1927, Masterson, N.Z. U.S. chemist. He earned Ph.D. s in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1953) and the University of Cambridge (1955). He then began teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, becoming… …   Universalium

  • MacDiarmid, Alan Graham — ▪ 2008       New Zealand born American chemist born April 14, 1927 , Masterton, N.Z. died Feb. 7, 2007 , Drexel Hill, Pa. was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 (together with Alan J. Heeger and Hideki Shirakawa) for the discovery that …   Universalium

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