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British chemist (1932–2008)

Neil Bartlett (15 September 1932 – 5 August 2008) was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds.

Neil Bartlett was born on 15 September at The Gables, Elswick Road, formerly a branch of the Princess Mary but by then an independent maternity hospital.

Neil Bartlett was born on 15 September at The Gables, Elswick Road, formerly a branch of the Princess Mary but by then an independent maternity hospital.

A renowned emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, whose groundbreaking experiments challenged the prevailing views of the.

Neil Bartlett (15 September – 5 August ) was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for.

Neil Bartlett was most famous for work he performed while at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in

Sir William Ramsay was a British physical chemist who discovered four gases (neon, argon, krypton, xenon) and showed that they (with helium.

He taught chemistry at the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley.

Biography

Neil Bartlett was born on 15 September 1932 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.^[1] Bartlett's interest in chemistry dated back to an experiment at Heaton Grammar School when he was only eleven years old, in which he prepared "beautiful, well-formed" crystals by reaction of aqueous ammonia with copper sulfate.^[2] He explored chemistry by constructing a makeshift lab in his parents' home using chemicals and glassware he purchased from a local supply store.

He went on to attend King's College, University of Durham (which went on to become Newcastle University^[3]) in the United Kingdom where he