Francis Gordon Albert Stone CBE, FRS, FRSC, always known as Gordon, was a British chemist who was a prolific and decorated scholar. He specialized in the synthesis of main group and transition metal organometallic compounds. Wikipedia
Born: May 19, 1925, Exeter, United Kingdom
Died: April 6, 2011 (age 85 years), Waco, TX
Notable students: R. Bruce King and Selby Knox
Education: University of Cambridge (1951) and Christ's College Cambridge
Award: Davy Medal (1989)