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Linus Pauling

Linus Carl Pauling

American scientist (1901–1994).

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Occupation

Chemist
Physicist
Esperantist
University Teacher
Biochemist
Peace Activist
Crystallographer
Biophysicist
Activist Shareholder

Member Of

12 items
Royal Society
 (5/27/1948 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Start Time
: 5/27/1948
American Philosophical Society
 (1936 - )
Start Time
: 1936
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
National Academy of Sciences
 (1933 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1933
International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
French Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
 (6/20/1958 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member
Start Time
: 6/20/1958
Royal Society of Edinburgh
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Académie Nationale De Médecine
Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of Birth

Portland
Country
:
United States
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Oregon

Place of Death

Big Sur

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

2/28/1901

Date of Death

8/18/1994
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Best Referenced Value
8/19/1994

Educated At

California Institute of Technology
 ( - 1925)
Academic Major
:
Mathematical Physics
Academic Major
:
Physical Chemistry
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral Advisor
:
Roscoe G. Dickinson
End Time
: 1925
Oregon State University
 (September 1917 - June 1922)
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Start Time
: September 1917
End Time
: June 1922
Washington High School

Instance Of

Human

Image

Commons Gallery

Linus Pauling

Cause of Death

Prostate Cancer

Given Name

Linus
Series Ordinal
:1
Carl
Series Ordinal
:2

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Esperanto
English

Employer

California Institute of Technology
 (1927 - 1963)
Start Time
: 1927
End Time
: 1963
Linus Pauling Institute
University of California, San Diego
 (1967 - 1969)
Start Time
: 1967
End Time
: 1969
Stanford University
 (1969 - 1975)
Start Time
: 1969
End Time
: 1975
Oregon State University

Doctoral Advisor

Roscoe G. Dickinson
Richard Chace Tolman

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Field of Work

Quantum Chemistry
Biochemistry
Physical Chemistry

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
URL
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Medvik
URL
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Subject Named As
:Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 9
Page(s)
:358
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:218
FBI File 100-HQ-353404

Influenced By

Irwin Stone
Walter Heitler

Residence

Corvallis
Big Sur
 ( - 8/19/1994)
End Time
: 8/19/1994
Lake Oswego

Nominated For

17 items
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1940)
Point in Time
: 1940
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1941)
Point in Time
: 1941
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1943)
Point in Time
: 1943
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1944)
Point in Time
: 1944
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1946)
Point in Time
: 1946
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1950)
Point in Time
: 1950
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1951)
Point in Time
: 1951
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1953)
Point in Time
: 1953
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1955)
Point in Time
: 1955
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 (1953)
Point in Time
: 1953
Nobel Peace Prize
 (1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
Nobel Peace Prize
 (1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Nobel Peace Prize
 (1963)
Point in Time
: 1963

Name in Native Language

Linus Carl Pauling

Family Name

Pauling

Sex or Gender

Male

Student Of

Arnold Sommerfeld

Spouse

Ava Helen Pauling

Religion or Worldview

Atheism

Student

Martin Karplus
Jerry Donohue

Child

Peter Pauling

Archives At

Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Described at URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url

Official Website

https://scarc.library.oregonstate.ed ...

Academic Degree

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
 (June 1922)
Academic Major
:
Chemical Engineering
Educated At
:
Oregon State University
Point in Time
: June 1922

Academic Thesis

The Determination With X-Rays of the Structures of Crystals, Dissertation (Ph.D.)

Work Location

Palo Alto
 (1969 - 1974)
Employer
:
Stanford University
Position Held
:
Chemistry Teacher
Start Time
: 1969
End Time
: 1974

Position Held

Professor
 (1969 - 1974)
Employer
:
Stanford University
Field of Work
:
Chemistry
Start Time
: 1969
End Time
: 1974

Has Characteristic

Nobel Disease
Nature of Statement
:
Opinion

Award Received

33 items
Guggenheim Fellowship
 (1926)
Field of Work
:
Chemistry
Point in Time
: 1926
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
 (1931)
Point in Time
: 1931
Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics
 (1931)
Point in Time
: 1931
William H. Nichols Medal
 (1941)
Point in Time
: 1941
Silliman Memorial Lectures
 (1945)
Point in Time
: 1945
Willard Gibbs Award
 (1946)
Point in Time
: 1946
Davy Medal
 (1947)
Award Rationale
: In recognition of his distinguished contributions to the theory of valency and for theor [sic] application to systems of biological importance
Point in Time
: 1947
Liversidge Award
 (1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
 (5/27/1948)
Point in Time
: 5/27/1948
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Paris
 (11/27/1948)
Point in Time
: 11/27/1948
Medal for Merit
 (1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Honorary Doctor of the University of Toulouse
 (1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1954)
Award Rationale
: for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances
Award Rationale
: för hans arbeten över den kemiska bindningens natur med tillämpning på komplicerade ämnens byggnad
Point in Time
: 1954
Prize Money
: 181,647 Swedish krona
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Montpellier
 (1958)
Point in Time
: 1958
Humanist of the Year
 (1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
Nobel Peace Prize
 (1962)
Award Rationale
: for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West
Award Rationale
: for sin kamp mot atomvåpenkappløpet mellom Øst og Vest
Point in Time
: 1962
Prize Money
: 257,220 Swedish krona
Gandhi Peace Award
 (1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Guggenheim Fellowship
 (1965)
Field of Work
:
Chemistry
Point in Time
: 1965
Linus Pauling Award
 (1966)
Point in Time
: 1966
Roebling Medal
 (1967)
Point in Time
: 1967
Lenin Peace Prize
 (1969)
Point in Time
: 1969
National Medal of Science
 (1974)
Point in Time
: 1974
Lomonosov Gold Medal
 (1977)
Point in Time
: 1977
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
 (1979)
Point in Time
: 1979
Priestley Medal
 (1984)
Point in Time
: 1984
Lavoisier Medal
 (1986)
Point in Time
: 1986
George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
 (1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Tolman Award
 (1990)
Point in Time
: 1990
California Hall of Fame
 (2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Chemical Pioneer Award

Place of Burial

Oswego Pioneer Cemetery

Interested In

Physics
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