Peter Atkins

Peter William Atkins
Born	(1940-08-10) 10 August 1940 (age 83) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Alma mater	University of Leicester
Known for	Academic-level chemistry textbooks
Spouses	Judith Kearton ​ ​ (m. 1964; div. 1983)​ Susan Greenfield ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 2005)​ Patricia-Jean Nobes ​ (m. 2008)​
Awards	RSC Meldola Medal
Scientific career
Fields	Physical chemistry
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles Lincoln College, Oxford
Doctoral advisor	MCR Symons
Doctoral students	Laurence Barron David Broomhead

Peter William Atkins FRSC (born 10 August 1940) is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. He retired in 2007. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Atkins is also the author of a number of popular science books, including Atkins' Molecules, Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science and On Being.