Professor A. David Buckingham CBE FRS FAA made fundamental theoretical and experimental contributions to the understanding of optical, electric and magnetic properties of molecules. Born in Australia, he was an undergraduate at the University of Sydney and took his PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. He moved to Oxford in 1955 and then in 1965 became Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Bristol. Finally, he moved back to Cambridge in 1969 for twenty-eight years as Professor of Chemistry and head of a distinguished Department of Theoretical Chemistry. A man of broad interests and achievements, he played first class cricket in the 1950s.

A. David Buckingham CBE FRS FAA 教授为理解分子的光学、电学和磁学特性做出了基本的理论和实验贡献。他出生于澳大利亚，在悉尼大学读本科，在英国剑桥大学攻读博士学位。他于 1955 年搬到牛津，然后于 1965 年成为布里斯托大学的理论化学教授。最后，他于 1969 年回到剑桥，担任了 28 年的化学教授和杰出的理论化学系主任。他兴趣广泛，成就斐然，在 1950 年代打过一流的板球比赛。