Geoffrey E. Coates

Geoffrey Edward Coates
Born(1917-05-17)17 May 1917
Died10 January 2013(2013-01-10) (aged 95)
NationalityBritish
Alma materQueen's College, Oxford B.Sc. (1939), M.A.
University of Bristol D.Sc. (1954)
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Wyoming
Durham University
University of Bristol
Notable studentsRichard A. Andersen

Geoffrey Edward Coates (14 May 1917 10 January 2013) was a British organometallic chemist and academic. He was an accomplished organometallic chemist.

During his career, he was a professor at Durham University, the University of Bristol, and head of the chemistry department at the University of Wyoming. Coates is known for contributions to the organometallic chemistry of beryllium, as well as authorship of the seminal textbook Organometallic Compounds.