Laidler went to school at Liverpool College, Oxford University and Princeton, and became a professor of chemistry at the University of Ottawa in Canada. He is an expert in the chemistry of enzymes and other biochemical processes. He has received various awards, including the Tory and Centenary Medals from the Royal Society of Canada. He enjoys gardening and acting.
BA, MA, DSc, Trinity Coll., Oxford 1934-38; Commonwealth Fellow, Princeton U., 1938-40; PhD, 1940. Prof. of Chem., U. of Ottawa, 1955-81; Chrmn. of Dept., 1961-66; Vice-Dean, faculty of Pure and Applied Science, 1963-66; Research Scientist, NRC, 1942-42; Scient. Offr. Candn. Armaments Research & Dev. Estab., 1944-46; Chrmn. Comte. on Symposia, Royal Soc'y of Can., 1971-87; Chrmn., Comn. on Chemical Kinetics, Intl. Union of Pure and Applied Chem., 1977-89; Publications: "Chemical Kinetics" 1950; 3rd Ed. 1987; "Chemistry of Enzymes" 1954; "Chemical Kinetics of Excited States" 1955; "Chemical Kinetics of Enzyme Action" 1958; "Principles of Chemistry" 1966; "Reaction Kinetics" Vols. I & II 1963; "Theories of Chemical Reaction Rates" 1969; "The Chemical Elements" 1970; "The World of Physical Chemistry" 1993; over 250 articles. Chem. Inst. of Canada Medallist, 1971; Chem. Educ. Award, Chem. Inst. of Can., 1974; Queens Jubilee Medal, 1977; Centenary Medal, Roy. Soc. Can., 1982; Henry Marshall Tory Medal, Royal Soc. Can. 1987.
Sources: Canadian Who's Who, 1993; Karen Tellefsen
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