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== Education and career == |
== Education and career == |
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Prewitt studied geology at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] as an undergraduate and received his PhD in 1962 in crystallography at the same place under the supervision of [[Martin Julian Buerger|Martin Buerger]], where he worked on the structure determination of [[wollastonite]]s and [[pectolite]]s. He moved to [[DuPont]] Central Research Laboratory in [[Wilmington, Delaware]], where he worked with [[Robert D. Shannon]] to compile the effective [[Ionic radius|ionic radii]],<ref>{{Cite journal | |
Prewitt studied geology at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] as an undergraduate and received his PhD in 1962 in crystallography at the same place under the supervision of [[Martin Julian Buerger|Martin Buerger]], where he worked on the structure determination of [[wollastonite]]s and [[pectolite]]s. He moved to [[DuPont]] Central Research Laboratory in [[Wilmington, Delaware]], where he worked with [[Robert D. Shannon]] to compile the effective [[Ionic radius|ionic radii]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shannon |first1=R. D. |last2=Prewitt |first2=C. T. |date=May 1, 1969 |title=Effective ionic radii in oxides and fluorides |url=http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0567740869003220 |journal=Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=925–946 |doi=10.1107/S0567740869003220 |issn=0567-7408}}</ref> which became an important foundation of modern crystal chemistry. Afterwards, Prewitt became a professor at [[Stony Brook University]] in 1969. In 1986, he was hired by the [[Carnegie Institution for Science|Carnegie Institute of Science]] to head the Geophysics Laboratory until 1998.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1999 |first1=Robert M. |last1=Hazen |first2=John |last2=Parise |title=Dedication to Charles T. Prewitt |url=http://www.minsocam.org/msa/ammin/toc/Abstracts/1999_Abstracts/Mar99_Abstracts/Hazen_p213_99.pdf |journal=American Mineralogist |volume=84 |pages=213}}</ref> He later became an adjunt faculty member at [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie Prewitt, former Director of the Geophysical Laboratory, dies at 89 |url=https://epl.carnegiescience.edu/news/charlie-prewitt-former-director-geophysical-laboratory-dies-89 |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=epl.carnegiescience.edu |language=en |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718173412/https://epl.carnegiescience.edu/news/charlie-prewitt-former-director-geophysical-laboratory-dies-89 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Navrotsky>{{Cite journal |last=Navrotsky |first=Alexandra |date=May 1, 2004 |title=Presentation of the Roebling Medal for 2003 of the Mineralogical Society of America to Charles T. Prewitt |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article-abstract/89/5-6/898/44230/Presentation-of-the-Roebling-Medal-for-2003-of-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=American Mineralogist |volume=89 |issue=5–6 |pages=898–899 |issn=0003-004X}}</ref> |
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== Honors and awards == |
== Honors and awards == |
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Prewitt was a Fellow of the [[Japan Society for the Promotion of Science]] in 1983. He was the |
Prewitt was a Fellow of the [[Japan Society for the Promotion of Science]] in 1983. He was the vice president and president of the [[Mineralogical Society of America]] in 1983 and 1984, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mineralogical Society of America - Past MSA Officers and Councillors |url=http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Past_Officers.html |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=www.minsocam.org}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Roebling Medal]] from the [[Mineralogical Society of America]] in 2003. He received the inaugural Medal for Excellence from the [[International Mineralogical Association]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Administrator |first=Who's Who Site |date=September 14, 2018 |title=Charles Thompson Prewitt |url=https://wwlifetimeachievement.com/2018/09/14/charles-thompson-prewitt/ |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=Who's Who Lifetime Achievement |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Bibliography == |
== Bibliography == |
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* {{Cite journal |last1=Prewitt |first1=C. T |last2=Downs |first2=R. T |date=1998 |title=High-Pressure Crystal Chemistry |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/206775409 |journal=Reviews in Mineralogy |language=English |volume=37 |pages=284–318 |issn=0275-0279 |oclc=206775409}} |
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* {{Cite journal |last1=Hazen |first1=Robert M. |last2=Downs |first2=Robert T. |last3=Prewitt |first3=Charles T. |date=January 1, 2000 |title=Principles of Comparative Crystal Chemistry1 |url=https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2000.41.1 |journal=Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=1–33 |doi=10.2138/rmg.2000.41.1 |bibcode=2000RvMG...41....1H |issn=1529-6466}} |
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* {{Cite journal |last=Prewitt |first=Charles T |editor-first1=Charles T. |editor-last1=Prewitt |url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501508257 |title=Pyroxenes |journal=Reviews in Mineralogy |date=2018 |doi=10.1515/9781501508257 |isbn=978-1-5015-0825-7 |language=English |oclc=1083579455}} |
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* {{Cite journal |last1=Heaney |first1=Peter J |url=https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=5600224 |title=Silica: Physical Behavior, Geochemistry, and Materials Applications. |journal=Reviews in Mineralogy |last2=Prewitt |first2=Charles T |last3=Gibbs |first3=Gerald V |date=2019 |publisher=De Gruyter, Inc. |isbn=978-1-5015-0969-8 |location=Boston |language=English |oclc=1076804671}} |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Charles Thompson Prewitt
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| Born | (1933-03-03)March 3, 1933
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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| Died | April 28, 2022(2022-04-28) (aged 89)
Tucson, Arizona, USA
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| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Institutions | DuPont Stony Brook University Carnegie Institution for Science University of Arizona |
| Thesis | Structures and crystal chemistry of wollastonite and pectolite |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Buerger |
Charles Thompson Prewitt (March 3, 1933 – April 28, 2022) was an American mineralogist and solid state chemist known for his work on structural chemistry of minerals and high-pressure chemistry.[1]
Prewitt studied geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an undergraduate and received his PhD in 1962 in crystallography at the same place under the supervision of Martin Buerger, where he worked on the structure determination of wollastonites and pectolites. He moved to DuPont Central Research Laboratory in Wilmington, Delaware, where he worked with Robert D. Shannon to compile the effective ionic radii,[2] which became an important foundation of modern crystal chemistry. Afterwards, Prewitt became a professor at Stony Brook University in 1969. In 1986, he was hired by the Carnegie Institute of Science to head the Geophysics Laboratory until 1998.[3] He later became an adjunt faculty member at University of Arizona.[4][1]
Prewitt was a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 1983. He was the vice president and president of the Mineralogical Society of America in 1983 and 1984, respectively.[5] He was awarded the Roebling Medal from the Mineralogical Society of America in 2003. He received the inaugural Medal for Excellence from the International Mineralogical Association in 2008.[6]
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