Tristram Chivers

Tristram Chivers (born 22 August 1940) is a British-Canadian chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary. His main research interest is the inorganic chemistry of the main group elements, particularly boron, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium.

Chivers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1991 and is also a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada. He has been described as the "godfather" of main group chemistry in Canada.

Early life and education Chivers was born in Bath, Somerset and attended Colston's School in Bristol. He graduated from Durham University in 1961 with a first-class degree in chemistry. He was awarded the DSc degree by Durham University in 1981. He served as head of the Department of Chemistry from 1977 to 1982. In 2025, he received the Wolfgang Günther Award for Lifetime Achievement in Selenium and Tellurium Chemistry.

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