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Sep 16, 1946 Bath, England, United Kingdom 77 years old
British chemist
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- Sir John Stranger Holman (born 16 September 1946) is an English chemist and academic.
- He is emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of York, a senior advisor in education at the Wellcome Trust and the Gatsby Foundation, founding director of the National Science Learning Centre,, Chair of the Teacher Development Trust and immediate past president of the Royal Society of Chemistry.He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (B.A.
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- 1967).He was Headteacher of Watford Grammar School for Boys between 1994 and 2000, and was the British government's National STEM Director from 2006 to 2010 (STEM referring to the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
- He is on the council and a trustee of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and is a trustee of the Natural History Museum.
- He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2010 New Year Honours.
- In 2014 the Royal Society of Chemistry awarded him the Lord Lewis Prize "in recognition of his extensive influence over chemistry education policy".
- He is Chair of the Salters' Institute board, was the founding director of Salters' Advanced Chemistry programme, and is the author of numerous chemistry textbooks. He was named in 2014 by the Science Council as one of the UK's 100 leading practising scientists, and was the 2014 recipient of the Royal Society's biennial Kavli Education Medal, "in recognition of his significant impact on science education within the UK".He is author of the Good Career Guidance report for the Gatsby Foundation (2014), which is the basis for the English government's national strategy for career guidance in schools: Careers strategy: making the most of everyone's skills and talents (2017).
- Holman also authored the Good Practical Science report (Sept 2017) and is currently president of the Association for Science Education.
