John Lennard-Jones

Sir

John Lennard-Jones

KBE FRS
Sir; John Lennard-Jones; KBE FRS
Born	John Edward Jones; 27 October 1894; Leigh, Lancashire, England
Died	1 November 1954 (aged 60); Stoke-on-Trent, England
Alma mater	University of Manchester; Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Lennard-Jones potential; LCAO
Spouse	Kathleen Lennard (m. 1925)
Children	2
Awards	FRS (1935); KBE (1946); Davy Medal (1953);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	University of Bristol; Keele University; University of Cambridge;
Doctoral advisor	Ralph Howard Fowler
Doctoral students	William Penney; John Pople; Charles Coulson; Samuel Francis Boys; Andrew Crowther Hurley;

Sir John Edward Lennard-Jones KBE, FRS (27 October 1894 – 1 November 1954) was a British mathematician and professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bristol, and then of theoretical science at the University of Cambridge. He was an important pioneer in the development of modern computational chemistry and theoretical chemistry.

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