Harry Hallam (academic)

Harry Evans Hallam
Harry Evans Hallam
Died	1977
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Aberystwyth University
Employer	Swansea University
Spouse	Joan
Children	David
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Swansea University

Harry Evans Hallam (d. 1977) was a chemist and academic at the University College of Swansea.

Early life and career

Hallam spent his early years in East Africa. He attended Ardwyn Grammar School in Aberystwyth before going on to serve in the RAF.^[1] He studied chemistry at the University College of Aberystwyth and then undertook a University of London PhD by correspondence while working at the University of Khartoum.^[1]

Academic career

In 1955 Hallam was appointed to the staff of the Department of Chemistry at University College of Swansea becoming Senior Lecturer in 1964 and Reader in 1970.^[2] In 1963, Hallam took a year's sabbatical and became an adviser in physical chemistry at the new University of Nigeria at Nsukka.^[3] He had active international collaborations and was presented with a medal by the University of Helsinki in 1973 for his outstanding service and was also a visiting professor at the University of Marburg in 1975.^[1] Hallam was known for his work in infrared spectroscopy of the hydrogen bond and as one of the founders of matrix isolation spectroscopy. He passed away unexpectedly on 14 May 1977.^[4]

Works

Vibrational spectroscopy of trapped species; infrared and Raman studies of matrix-isolated molecules, radicals and ions. London; New York: J. Wiley (1973 ISBN 978-0-471-34330-1)
Modern Analytical Methods. London: Chemical Society (1972 ISBN 978-0-85186-759-5)

Personal life

Hallam was married to Joan and they had a son called David. He was an active member of the Clyne Chapel, Blackpill.^[1]

The Harry Hallam Memorial Fund

In his memory, an endowment for an annual lecture to take a "particular account would be taken of Harry’s interest in spectroscopy" was created in 1977 with an appeal made for donations in the Journal of Molecular Structure. The lectureship is administered by the South Wales West Local Section of the Royal Society of Chemistry.^[4]

Hallam Prizewinners

1983: M. S. Garley
1984: T. A. Sheppard
1986: A. M. M. Doherty and P. Graham
1988: Miss S. L. Giddings
1989: G. Williams
1990: Miss T. J. Lovelock
1991: Ian A. Evetts^[5]
1993: A. J. Parry
1994: S. R. Andrews and Prof David A. Worsley^[6]^[7]
1995 P. D. J. Anderson
1996: Sara Shinton^[8]
1997: P. Green and R. Phillips
1999: M. Francis
2000: D. K. Thomas
2001 S. Ford
2002: Rachel Fretwell^[9] and Kay Eaton^[10]
2003: D. J. Mitchell
...
2008: Rachel C. Evans

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d University College of Swansea (1977). Fifty-seventh Report of the Council 1976-1977. Swansea: University College of Swansea. pp. 130–131.
^ "Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. December 1955". Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. 79 (December): 615–676. 1955-01-01. doi:10.1039/JI9557900615. ISSN 0368-3958.
^ "Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. March 1963". Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. 87 (March): 69–98. 1963-01-01. doi:10.1039/JI9638700069. ISSN 0368-3958.
^ ^a ^b "The harry hallam memorial appeal". Journal of Molecular Structure. 43 (1): 139. 1978-01-01. Bibcode:1978JMoSt..43..139.. doi:10.1016/0022-2860(78)85038-8. ISSN 0022-2860.
^ "Dr Ian Evetts - GlycoSeLect". Retrieved 2023-04-28.
^ "Professor David Worsley - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "David Worsley". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
^ "Sara Shinton". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
^ Fretwell, Rachel; Douglas, Peter (2002-10-02). "Nanocrystalline-TiO2–Pt photo-electrochemical cells – UV induced hydrogen evolution from aqueous solutions of alcohols". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 1 (10): 793–798. doi:10.1039/B203481F. ISSN 1474-9092.
^ Pereira, Mariette M.; Ruano, Francisco; Azenha, M. Emília D. G.; Burrows, Hugh D.; Miguel, Maria G. M.; Douglas, Peter; Eaton, Kay (2006-02-01). "Synthesis and photophysical properties of a covalently bonded palladium meso-sulfophenylporphyrin-poly(vinyl alcohol)polymer with potential applications as an oxygen sensor". Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. 10 (2): 87–95. doi:10.1142/S1088424606000119. ISSN 1088-4246.

[:1-1] University College of Swansea (1977). Fifty-seventh Report of the Council 1976-1977. Swansea: University College of Swansea. pp. 130–131.

[2] "Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. December 1955". Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. 79 (December): 615–676. 1955-01-01. doi:10.1039/JI9557900615. ISSN 0368-3958.

[3] "Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. March 1963". Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. 87 (March): 69–98. 1963-01-01. doi:10.1039/JI9638700069. ISSN 0368-3958.

[:0-4] "The harry hallam memorial appeal". Journal of Molecular Structure. 43 (1): 139. 1978-01-01. Bibcode:1978JMoSt..43..139.. doi:10.1016/0022-2860(78)85038-8. ISSN 0022-2860.

[5] "Dr Ian Evetts - GlycoSeLect". Retrieved 2023-04-28.

[6] "Professor David Worsley - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

[7] Wales, The Learned Society of. "David Worsley". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

[8] "Sara Shinton". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

[9] Fretwell, Rachel; Douglas, Peter (2002-10-02). "Nanocrystalline-TiO2–Pt photo-electrochemical cells – UV induced hydrogen evolution from aqueous solutions of alcohols". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 1 (10): 793–798. doi:10.1039/B203481F. ISSN 1474-9092.

[10] Pereira, Mariette M.; Ruano, Francisco; Azenha, M. Emília D. G.; Burrows, Hugh D.; Miguel, Maria G. M.; Douglas, Peter; Eaton, Kay (2006-02-01). "Synthesis and photophysical properties of a covalently bonded palladium meso-sulfophenylporphyrin-poly(vinyl alcohol)polymer with potential applications as an oxygen sensor". Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. 10 (2): 87–95. doi:10.1142/S1088424606000119. ISSN 1088-4246.

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