Frank Albert Cotton. 9 April 1930 — 20 February 2007
Frank Albert Cotton. 9 April 1930 — 20 February 2007
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弗兰克·艾伯特·科顿，1930年4月9日—2007年2月20日
DOI：
10.1098/rsbm.2008.0003
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发表时间：
2008
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通讯作者：
Lord Lewis of Newnham
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作者：
M. Chisholm;Lord Lewis of Newnham
F. Albert Cotton于1930年4月9日出生在费城西部。他的父母给他取名弗兰克·阿伯特·科顿，以纪念为他接生的医生和家人的朋友。然而，当他还不到两岁的时候，他的父亲，一个机械工程师，去世了，在他母亲的指导下，他用了他父亲的名字，阿尔伯特。虽然这从来没有合法记录，但他通常被称为弗兰克·阿尔伯特·科顿，或f·阿尔伯特·科顿，对他的朋友来说，他是Al。他的家族祖先可以追溯到英国和欧洲，他的曾祖父母是从那里移民过来的。当他父亲去世时，他的母亲只有32岁，在大萧条时期，她寡居，没有大量的经济来源，她处于相当困境，被迫寻找工作。起初，她做办公室工作，但收入不高，后来她发现当服务员可以赚得更多，于是她在接下来的近30年里一直做这个工作。
F. Albert Cotton was born in west Philadelphia on 9 April 1930. He was named Frank Abbott Cotton by his parents in honour of thedoctor and friend of the family who delivered him. However, when he was not yet two years old his father, who was a mechanical engineer, died and guided by his mother he took his father's name, Albert. Although this was never legally recorded he became Frank Albert Cotton by common usage, or F. Albert Cotton, and to his friends he was Al. His family ancestry can be traced to England and Europe from whence his great grand parents had emigrated. His mother was only 32 years of age when his father died and, being widowed at the time of the great depression without a significant financial resource, she was placed in rather a predicament and forced to seek work. At first she did office work but thiswas not well paid and she discovered she could earn more as a waitress, and this she did for nearly the next 30 years.