biography
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Gray, George William
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1926– )
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Scotland, UK. He studied at Glasgow and London, and joined the staff of Hull University in 1946, becoming professor of chemistry (1964). His research into liquid crystals took on a new importance in the 1960s when electronics companies realized they could be used to form a visual display, and he succeeded in making the necessary stable liquid crystal. |
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