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Henry Taube

Canadian-born American chemist (1915–2005).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Chemist
University Teacher

Member Of

Royal Society
(1988 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Start Time
: 1988
National Academy of Sciences
(1959 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1959
Royal Society of Canada
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1981 - )
Start Time
: 1981

Date of Birth

11/30/1915

Date of Death

11/16/2005

Place of Birth

Neudorf

Place of Death

Palo Alto

Country of Citizenship

United States

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

20 items
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1983)
Award Rationale
: for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes
Award Rationale
: för hans arbeten över mekanismerna för elektronöverföringsreaktioner, särskilt hos metallkomplex
Point in Time
: 1983
Prize Money
: 1,500,000 Swedish krona
Willard Gibbs Award
(1971)
Point in Time
: 1971
American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry
(1981)
Point in Time
: 1981
National Medal of Science
(1976)
Point in Time
: 1976
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
(1983)
Point in Time
: 1983
Priestley Medal
(1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
National Order of Scientific Merit
Centenary Prize
(1979)
Point in Time
: 1979
Remsen Award
(1975)
Point in Time
: 1975
Welch Award in Chemistry
(1983)
Award Rationale
: For his contributions to the field of chemistry, particularly in inorganics.
Affiliation
:
Stanford University
Point in Time
: 1983
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(6/30/1988)
Point in Time
: 6/30/1988
Linus Pauling Award
(1980)
Point in Time
: 1980
Guggenheim Fellowship
(1949)
Field of Work
:
Chemistry
Point in Time
: 1949
Guggenheim Fellowship
(1955)
Field of Work
:
Chemistry
Point in Time
: 1955
Oesper Award
(1986)
Point in Time
: 1986
Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
(1955)
Point in Time
: 1955
William H. Nichols Medal
(1971)
Point in Time
: 1971
Golden Plate Award
(1965)
Point in Time
: 1965
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
(1991)
Point in Time
: 1991

Given Name

Henry

Educated At

University of Saskatchewan
University of California, Berkeley
( - 1940)
Academic Major
:
Chemistry
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
End Time
: 1940
Luther College

Employer

Cornell University
University of Chicago
Stanford University

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Child

Karl Taube

Residence

Palo Alto
( - 11/16/2005)
End Time
: 11/16/2005
Saskatchewan

Field of Work

Chemistry

Academic Degree

Bachelor of Science
(1935)
Conferred By
:
University of Saskatchewan
Point in Time
: 1935
Master of Science
(1937)
Conferred By
:
University of Saskatchewan
Point in Time
: 1937

Family Name

Taube

Family

Taube

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Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Name in Native Language

Henry Taube

Described by Source

HENRY TAUBE. 30 NOVEMBER 1915 - NOVEMBER 2005
Henry Taube: Inorganic Chemist Extraordinaire
Celebration of Inorganic Lives: Interview with Henry Taube
Henry Taube, 1983 Nobel Laureate, The Taube Revolution, 1952-1954, Preface, Acknowledgments
An Appreciation of Henry Taube

Interested In

Chemistry
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