Died 1985-09-09.
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Paul Flory
Paul John Flory was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solution, and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1974 "for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of macromolecules".
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Born 19 June 1910 · Died 9 September 1985 · Q176351
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1985· 2 entries
Flory died on September 9, 1985, following a heart attack.
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1977· 1 entry
Won Perkin Medal (1977).
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Herman Mark Award in Polymer Chemistry (1976).
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1974· 7 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules.
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Won National Medal of Science (1974).
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Won Priestley Medal (1974).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1974).
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"for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of macromolecules"
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Flory was awarded the National Medal of Science in Physical Sciences
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"for his fundamental achievements both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Willard Gibbs Award (1973).
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1971· 1 entry
Won Elliott Cresson Medal (1971).
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry (1969).
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1968· 1 entry
Won Charles Goodyear Medal (1968).
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1962· 2 entries
Awarded Polymer Physics Prize (1962).
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Won William H. Nichols Medal (1962).
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1961· 1 entry
Took up a professorship at Stanford University in the department of chemistry
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1957· 1 entry
Flory and his family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Flory was executive director of research at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1954).
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1953· 1 entry
And the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1957
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1948· 1 entry
Flory gave the George Fisher Baker lectures at Cornell University, and subsequently joined the university as a professor
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1943· 1 entry
Left to join the research laboratories of Goodyear as head of a group on polymer fundamentals
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1940· 1 entry
Joined the Linden, NJ laboratory of the Standard Oil Development Company where he developed a statistical mechanical theory for polymer mixtures
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1938· 1 entry
After Carothers' death, Flory moved to the Basic Science Research Laboratory at the University of Cincinnati
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1937· 1 entry
Flory worked for two years at the Basic Research Laboratory located in the University of Cincinnati
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1934· 1 entry
Flory joined the Central Department of Dupont and Company working with Wallace H
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1927· 1 entry
Flory received a bachelor's degree from Manchester College (now Manchester University (Indiana) in 1931 and a Ph
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1910· 2 entries
Born 1910-06-19.
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To Ezra Flory and Martha Brumbaugh
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