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Geoffrey Edward Coates (14 May 1917 – 10 January 2013) was an English organometallic chemist and academic. He developed the basics for new materials in plastics, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. Coates was born in London, the son of chemists Joseph and Ada Coates. He studied chemistry at the Queen's College, Oxford, where he received his Masters degree in 1942. During World War II he worked with munitions, flares, explosives and bomb disposal.〔 In 1945, Coates accepted a lecturer position at the University of Bristol, where he received his D. Sc. degree. In 1951, he married W. Jean Hobbs. In 1953, he became the head of the chemistry department at Durham University. In 1968, Coates assumed the role as head of the chemistry department at the University of Wyoming. Coates' 1956 book, ''Organometallic Compounds'', was a foundational work in the field, has been translated into numerous languages, and has gone through many subsequent editions. He died at home in Laramie, Wyoming. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoffrey Coates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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