David Garner
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David Garner OBE FRSC
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  (born 1939) is a British chemist
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. He is president of the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Life

He earned a BSc and PhD from the University of Birmingham
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He taught at University of Southampton
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 from 1967 to 1980.
He was Wolfson Professor of Natural Philosophy, at The Royal Institution
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, becoming Deputy Director from 1987 to 1989.
He taught at Imperial College London
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He is professor emeritus at University of Nottingham
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