John Maddox

Sir
John Maddox
Maddox in 1988
Born
John Royden Maddox

(1925-11-27)27 November 1925
Penllergaer, Swansea, Wales, UK
Died12 April 2009(2009-04-12) (aged 83)
Alma mater
Known for
  • Journalism
  • Editing
SpouseBrenda Maddox
Children6, including Bronwen Maddox and Bruno Maddox
AwardsFRS (2000)
Scientific career
Institutions
Academic advisorsCharles Coulson

Sir John Royden Maddox, FRS[1] (27 November 1925 – 12 April 2009)[2][3] was a Welsh theoretical chemist, physicist, and science writer. He was an editor of Nature for 22 years,[4] from 1966 to 1973 and 1980 to 1995.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference royal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gratzer, W. (2010). "Sir John Royden Maddox. 27 November 1925 – 12 April 2009". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 56: 237–255. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2009.0024.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Sir John Maddox"[dead link], The Times, 13 April 2009.
  4. ^ Gratzer (2007). "Nature – the Maddox years". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature06241.
  5. ^ Gratzer, W. (2009). "Obituary: John Maddox (1925–2009)". Nature. 458 (7241): 983–984. doi:10.1038/458983a. PMID 19396135.
  6. ^ Maddox, J. (1995). "Valediction from an old hand". Nature. 378 (6557): 521–523. Bibcode:1995Natur.378..521M. doi:10.1038/378521a0. PMID 8524367. S2CID 2398422.
  7. ^ Campbell, P (2009). "Maddox by his successor". Nature. 458 (7241): 985–6. doi:10.1038/458985a. PMID 19396137.
  8. ^ Campbell, Philip (2009). "John Maddox 1925–2009". Nature. 458 (7240): 807. doi:10.1038/458807a. PMID 19378388.
  9. ^ John Maddox interview (1997)
  10. ^ Maddox, J.; Randi, J.; Stewart, W. (1988). ""High-dilution" experiments a delusion". Nature. 334 (6180): 287–291. Bibcode:1988Natur.334..287M. doi:10.1038/334287a0. PMID 2455869. S2CID 9579433.

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