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Gerhard Herzberg
Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He is well known for using these techniques that dete…
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science · German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904–1999) · astronomer · physicist · chemist · university teacher · physical chemist · also Gerhard Herzberg, Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, Herzberg
Born 25 December 1904 · Died 3 March 1999 · Q76602
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2016· 1 entry
Global News: Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal
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1999· 1 entry
Died 1999-03-03.
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1989· 3 entries
Including extensive new footnotes by Herzberg
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March 2, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics
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February 28, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Earle K. Plyler Prize (1985).
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1979).
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1973· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chancellor of Carleton University (1973–1980).
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1972· 2 entries
Won Chemical Institute of Canada Medal (1972).
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Member of the American Philosophical Society
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1971· 5 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1971).
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Awarded Linus Pauling Award (1971).
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Won Royal Medal (1971).
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"for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals"
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded Faraday Lectureship Prize (1970).
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded Willard Gibbs Award (1969).
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1965· 1 entry
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1964· 2 entries
Won Frederic Ives Medal (1964).
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Was awarded the Frederic Ives Medal by the OSA
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1960· 1 entry
Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1960).
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1958· 1 entry
Awarded Centenary Prize (1958).
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1953· 1 entry
Won Henry Marshall Tory Medal (1953).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1951).
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1935· 1 entry
The Nazis let them take only the equivalent of $2
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1933· 1 entry
The Nazi Party introduced a law banning men with Jewish wives from teaching at universities
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1914· 1 entry
At 43 years of age, after having suffered from dropsy and complications due to an earlier heart condition
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1904· 1 entry
Born 1904-12-25.
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