Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering by Ray K. Sinnott

He received a First Class in the university examinations in 1931 and continued to take the Physics Part II examination a year later, receiving another First. Coulson’s academic success at Clifton earned him an Entrance Scholarship in Mathematics to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1928, where he studied the mathematical tripos before going on to also study the natural sciences tripos. In 1920, Coulson’s father was appointed Superintendent of Technical Colleges for the South-West of England, and the family moved to Bristol, where Charles attended the XIV Preparatory School, followed by Clifton College that placed a strong emphasis on science and mathematics. Charles Coulson – Early YearsĬharles Alfred Coulson was born into a religious Methodist home in Dudley, England, to Alfred Coulson, the Principal of Dudley Technical College and Superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School, and Annie Sincere Hancock, a Headmistress of Tipton Elementary School. He is known for the application of molecular orbital theory to chemical bonding, the electronic structures of molecules and the concept of partial valency, and developed many mathematical techniques for solving chemical and physical problems.

Coulson was as a pioneer of the application of the quantum theory of valency to problems of molecular structure, dynamics and reactivity.

On December 13, 1910, British applied mathematician and theoretical chemist Charles Coulson was born. Coulson, Waves, a mathematical account of the common types of wave motion, originally published 1941.

Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering by Ray K. Sinnott