# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronald-gillespie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:21:37.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ronald-gillespie"
name: "Ronald Gillespie"
slug: "ronald-gillespie"
description: "Ronald James Gillespie, was a British chemist specializing in the field of molecular geometry, who arrived in Canada after accepting an offer that included his own laboratory with new equipment, which post-World War II Britain could not provide. He was responsible for establishing inorganic chemistry education in Canada."
tagline: "Canadian inorganic chemist (1924-2021)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1924-08-21"
deathDate: "2021-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Ronald Gillespie"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump