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John Maddox

Welsh chemist, physicist, journalist and editor (1925-2009) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 83

Sir John Royden Maddox, FRS was a Welsh theoretical chemist, physicist, and science writer. He was an editor of Nature for 22 years, from 1966 to 1973 and 1980 to 1995.

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Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society2000
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2009 · aged 83