Nicholas C. Handy
| Nicholas Handy | |
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| Born |
Nicholas Charles Handy 17 June 1941 |
| Died | 2 October 2012 (aged 71) |
| Fields | Quantum Chemistry |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral advisor | Samuel Francis Boys[1] |
| Doctoral students | Robert J. Harrison |
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Nicholas Charles Handy, FRS[2] (17 June 1941 – 2 October 2012) was a British theoretical chemist.[4][5] He retired as Professor of quantum chemistry at the University of Cambridge in September 2004.[6]
Education and early life
Handy was born in Wiltshire, England and educated at Clayesmore School.[7] He studied the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge[1] and completed his PhD on theoretical chemistry supervised by Samuel Francis Boys.[1][8]
Research
Handy wrote 320 scientific papers published in physical and theoretical chemistry journals.[2][6][9] Handy developed several methods in quantum chemistry and theoretical spectroscopy. His contributions have helped greatly to the understanding of:
- the transcorrelated method
- the long range behaviour of Hartree–Fock orbitals
- semiclassical methods for vibrational energies
- the variational method for rovibrational wave-functions (in normal mode and internal coordinates)
- Full configuration interaction with Slater determinants (benchmark studies)
- convergence of the Møller–Plesset series
- the reaction path Hamiltonian
- Anharmonic spectroscopic and thermodynamic properties using higher derivative methods
- Brueckner-doubles theory
- Open shell Møller–Plesset theory
- frequency-dependent properties
- Density functional theory : quadrature, new functionals and molecular properties.
Awards and honours
Handy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1990.[2] He was awarded the Leverhulme Medal in 2002[3] and was a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.[10]
Death
On the 2nd of October 2012 Nicholas died after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Death of Professor Nicholas C. Handy, FRS". University of Cambridge. 2012-10-08. Archived from the original on 2013-04-08.
- 1 2 3 4 Clary, David C.; Knowles, Peter J.; Tozer, David J. (2015). "Nicholas Charles Handy 17 June 1941 — 2 October 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society publishing. 61. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0002. ISSN 0080-4606.
- 1 2 "Leverhulme Medal". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ Yanai, Takeshi; Tew, David P; Handy, Nicholas C (2004). "A new hybrid exchange–correlation functional using the Coulomb-attenuating method (CAM-B3LYP)". Chemical Physics Letters. 393 (1-3): 51–57. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2004.06.011. ISSN 0009-2614.
- ↑ "Handy - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". Announcements.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- 1 2 "Professor Nicholas Handy". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28.
- 1 2 Buckingham, David. "Nicholas Handy 1941-2012" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ Coulson, C. A. (1973). "Samuel Francis Boys 1911-1972". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 19: 94. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1973.0004.
- ↑ Nicholas C. Handy's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier. (subscription required)
- ↑ "Nicholas Handy at the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science page". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.