* Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1970)
* Fellow of the Royal Society (1976), Vice-President 1987-1988
* Chugaev Medal of the Kurnakov Institute (Russian Academy of Sciences) (1978)
* Royal Society of Chemistry’s Ludwig Mond Award (1983)
* American Chemical Society’s award in Inorganic Chemistry (1985)
* Royal Society of Chemistry’s Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship (1988)
* Royal Society's Davy Medal (1989)
* Royal Society of Chemistry’s Longstaff Prize (1990)
* Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1990)