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Sir John Anthony Pople was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.
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Born 31 October 1925 · Died 15 March 2004 · Q233973
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s small clothing shop. He went to Bristol grammar school, and recalled developing an intense interest in mathematics at the age of 12; on an introduction to algebra, he was fascinated by simultaneous equations, and read ahead of the class to the end of the book. Coached by two teachers, who he said
Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2003).
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“s small clothing shop. He went to Bristol grammar school, and recalled developing an intense interest in mathematics at the age of 12; on an introduction to algebra, he was fascinated by simultaneous equations, and read ahead of the class to the end of the book. Coached by two teachers, who he said”
Died 2004-03-15.
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Pople died of liver cancer in Chicago in 2004.
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Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2003).
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Won Copley Medal (2002).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1998).
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Awarded ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry (1998).
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For his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry
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Awarded Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1993).
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Moved to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he was Trustees Professor of Chemistry until his death
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Awarded Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1992).
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And the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998
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Awarded ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (1991).
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Pople stopped working on Gaussian and several years later he developed (with others) the Q-Chem computational chemistry program
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Won Davy Medal (1988).
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Awarded Oesper Award (1984).
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Awarded Humboldt Research Fellowship (1981).
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Awarded Humboldt Prize (1980).
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Awarded Linus Pauling Award (1977).
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Awarded Centenary Prize (1972).
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Awarded Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (1970).
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And David Beveridge coauthored the book Approximate Molecular Orbital Theory describing these methods
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Where he lived the rest of his life, though he retained British citizenship
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Moved to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had experienced a sabbatical in 1961 to 1962
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1961).
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Co-authored the textbook High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with W
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Awarded Marlow Award (1958).
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Moved to the National Physical Laboratory, near London as head of the new basics physics division
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And was married until her death from cancer in 2002
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Awarded Smith's Prize (1951).
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Studied at University of Cambridge (1947–1951).
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Awarded Mayhew Prize (1948).
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Studied at Trinity College (1943–1945).
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Studied at Bristol Grammar School (1936–1943).
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Born 1925-10-31.
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