F. Sherwood Rowland - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1995
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F. Sherwood Rowland

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1995
for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone
Together with: Mario Molina, Paul J. Crutzen
Citizenship
United StatesUnited States
Languages
English
date of birth
6/28/1927
place of birth
Delaware
date of death
3/10/2012
place of death
Newport Beach
Lived
84 years

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occupation
  • university teacher
  • author
  • chemist
  • environmental chemist
field of work
  • chemistry
  • atmospheric chemistry
  • environmental chemistry
educated at
  • University of Chicago
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: chemistry
    • start time: 1948
    • end time: 1952
  • Ohio Wesleyan University
employer
  • Princeton University
  • University of Kansas
  • University of California, Irvine
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 2004
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1978
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • start time: 1980
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    • start time: 1977
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1995
  • American Physical Society
    • start time: 1991
  • European Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2007
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