Green was born in Urmston, Manchester, UK on Christmas Day 1933.
Green had a long career at Metropolitan-Vickers before moving to VG MICROMASS in 1972.
[1] In 1985, Green was awarded the Order of the British Empire for contributions to mass spectrometry,[2] and in 1996, the British Mass Spectrometry Society awarded him the Aston Medal.
[3] In Green's honour, the British Mass Spectrometry Society now presents the B. N. Green Prize to an early career scientist with the best flash oral presentation at their annual meeting.
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