- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 36 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Chemist and professor Bertram Oliver Fraser-Reid was born on February 23, 1934, in Coleyville, Jamaica. In 1956, Fraser-Reid graduated from Queen's University in Canada with his B.S. and M.S. degrees in 1959 and 1961, respectively. He went on to earn his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of Alberta in 1964. Upon graduation, Fraser-Reid was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at Imperial College of the University of London and studied under Nobel Laureate Sir Derek Barton. From 1966 to 1980, Fraser-Reid served on the faculty of the University of Waterloo in Canada. In 1985, Fraser-Reid was named the James B. Duke Professor of Chemistry. Fraser-Reid was nominated for the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1998. He was made a fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. In 2007, the Institute of Jamaica awarded him the 2007 Musgrave Gold Medal for his achievements in chemistry.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Bertram Fraser-Reid
- Bertram Fraser-Reid
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 1003150287
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Bertram Fraser-Reid.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
033659
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Pittsboro, North Carolina 2013 May 6.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Chemist Chemistry Professor.
- Added Author
Fraser-Reid, Bertram O., 1934- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.