 ATOMIC
SPECTRA AND ATOMIC STRUCTURE:
Translated by J W T Spinks with the cooperation of the
Author
Gerhard Herzberg
New York: Prentice Hall, 1937
Inscribed copy to President Walter Murray
Unitel - Continuing Education 1 Feb 1972.
U of S Archives A-4779.
Pictured are (l. to r.): H. R. Baker, G. Herzberg, J. W.
T. Spinks, B. W. Currie.
Herzberg was the first person connected with the U of
S to win a Nobel Prize (Chemistry 1971). John Spinks, who
later became president of the University, studied with
Herzberg in Darmstadt in 1933. When Herzberg sought
refuge from the German Nazis, Spinks successfully lobbied
President Murray to offer him a place at the U of S.
Herzberg remained in Saskatoon until 1945.
 
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