I would like to express my condolences on this sorrowful occasion. May God rest his soul in peace. A great man is no more among us. 😭 Regards Dr. Muhammad Umer Faroque PhD Chemistry International Young Scientist Awardee (IUCr) Three times (2016-18-20)
On Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 10:46 PM Artem Evdokimov <artem.evdoki...@gmail.com> wrote: > George was an amazing human being and an unsurpassed scientist. > > Those of us who are privileged to have known him are this much richer in > spirit, because of how freely he shared his brilliance with anyone who > asked for help or advice. > > I say this with certainty that Dr. Sheldrick (through his software) was > one of the main reasons why I did not give up on crystallography at the > time when it was still very hard. He was one of the giants on whose > shoulders the entire structure solving community has developed and moved > forward. > > I will miss him. > > Artem > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2025, 17:21 Isabel Uson < > 0000cb655fae2581-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> >> >> it is with a heavy heart, that we must announce the passing of George >> Michael Sheldrick. >> >> Everyone in crystallography knows George as a giant in the development of >> computing methods despite his unassuming manner. His SHELX programs for >> structure solution and refinement have shaped the field and their use has >> been key to innumerable projects. The same is valid for his contribution to >> data processing and analysis in the programs he wrote for Bruker detectors. >> Only those young to crystallography will have missed that while typically >> our papers are scored by the impact factor of a journal, one paper of >> George rocketed the impact factor of the journal Acta Crystallographica A >> from 2.05 to 54, surpassing that of Science, Nature or Cell in the year >> 2010. This establishes how many scientific projects must have been aided by >> George´s insightful work and bright solutions. >> >> Those of us who have had the privilege to meet George in person also know >> him for his passion for problem solving, originality, sense of humour and >> deep humanity. >> >> >> >> George has touched the lives and careers of so many group members, >> providing a work environment that was simultaneously sheltered and free. He >> was always receptive to our ideas, encouraging our independence, providing >> the means to support them and giving us credit for what we accomplished. At >> the same time, we were spared the financial worries or conflicts attached >> to any institute. If Goethe was right in writing that character is built in >> the tempest of life while talent requires the calm, George shaped the >> optimal environment to develop our talents. An unusual trait of George is >> that he always pondered what people said, not who said it. Experience shows >> that humans are more ready to value what their friends, allies and >> referents state as being correct and search for reasons why their >> competition must be wrong! This lack of prejudice may explain why George´s >> research group was always most diverse: he gave everyone fair opportunities. >> >> In lectures, talks or conversations, George would explain complicated >> concepts making them come across as compellingly simple. His teaching would >> always prompt critical thinking, as when he faked a nuclear explosion >> producing a mushroom in his chemistry lecture with experiments. This was >> the 80´s and half of the audience started an *im promptu *demonstration >> against nuclear power before being absorbed in the debate of why this was >> impossible and the analysis of what experiment had really taken place. >> >> Working with George was inspiring and fun, it covered a broad range of >> interests in chemistry, geology and biology evolving along the years. In >> Cambridge and Göttingen, George closely supervised more than a hundred >> theses. Former students and co-workers would frequently stop in Göttingen >> and pop up to join the coffee time, where daily group discussions would >> take place. Many of us have kept in touch ever since, resorted to him for >> advice or just for the pleasure of discussing science and puzzling problems. >> >> George Sheldrick will be missed. >> >> Regine Herbst-Irmer and Isabel Usón >> >> If you would like to express your condolences to George´s family, please >> use the following email address: a.sheldr...@gmx.de >> >> >> -- >> ICREA Res. Prof. Isabel Usón >> Crystallographic Methods >> Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, >> Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Spanish Research Council; >> Barcelona Science Park, Helix Building, 08028 Barcelona (Spain) >> http://chango.ibmb.csic.es/ARCIMBOLDO >> http://shelx.uni-goettingen.de >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
