Derek Bryce-Smith

Derek Bryce-Smith^[1] (1926–2011) was a chemist at the University of Reading. His work included organometallic chemistry, radical chemistry and photochemistry. He was among the first to describe the dangers of tetraethyl lead, which was used for several decades as an anti-knock additive in petrol. Initially, his concerns were dismissed both by his fellow academics and by industrial interests.^[2] However, by the time of his death, only six countries had not outlawed leaded petrol,^[3] and the Royal Society of Chemistry gave him a silver medal in 1984 for his work in this area.^[4]

References

1. ^ "University of Reading Staff Portal: Professor Derek Bryce-Smith". http://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/staffportal/news/articles/spsn-373484.aspx. Retrieved 1 September 2011. 
2. ^ "Derek Bryce-Smith obituary". The Guardian. Tuesday 19 July 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jul/19/derek-bryce-smith-obituary. Retrieved 1 September 2011. 
3. ^ Lean, Geoffrey (29 July 2011). "Pollution: triumph of the inconvenient truth. Derek Bryce-Smith's warnings about lead in petrol made him a public health hero". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/8671336/Pollution-triumph-of-the-inconvenient-truth.html. 
4. ^ "Change at the pumps: the campaigners who put the brake on the oil companies". The Independent. 26 December 1999. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/change-at-the-pumps-the-campaigners-who-put-the-brake-on-the-oil-companies-1134588.html. .

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Name	Bryce-Smith, Derek
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Date of birth	1926
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Date of death	2011
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