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James Bryant Conant

James B. Conant

American chemist (1893–1978).

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Doctoral Advisor

Theodore William Richards

Occupation

Chemist
Diplomat
University Teacher
Politician

Member Of

Royal Society
(3/29/1941 - )
Start Time
: 3/29/1941
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Detta Dei XL
American Philosophical Society
(1935 - )
Start Time
: 1935

Country of Citizenship

United States

Place of Birth

Dorchester

Place of Death

Hanover

Date of Birth

3/26/1893

Date of Death

2/11/1978

Instance Of

Human

Image

Medical Condition

Stroke
(1977)
Point in Time
: 1977

Place of Burial

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Educated At

Harvard College
( - 1916)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
End Time
: 1916

Employer

Harvard University

Given Name

James

Participant In

Manhattan Project

Position Held

High Commissioner
(2/10/1953 - 5/5/1955)
Member Of
:
Allied High Commission
Replaces
:
Samuel Reber
Start Time
: 2/10/1953
End Time
: 5/5/1955
United States Ambassador to Germany
(5/14/1955 - 2/19/1957)
Start Time
: 5/14/1955
End Time
: 2/19/1957
President of Harvard University
(1933 - 1953)
Replaces
:
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Replaced By
:
Nathan M. Pusey
Start Time
: 1933
End Time
: 1953

Field of Work

Chemistry

Student

Louis Fieser

Name in Native Language

James Bryant Conant

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Sex or Gender

Male

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
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Start of Work Period

1917

Father

James Scott Conant

Mother

Jennett Orr Bryant

Family Name

Conant

Child

Sibling

Marjorie Conant Bush-Brown

Relative

Award Received

18 items
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Presidential Medal of Freedom
(1963)
Conferred By
:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Point in Time
: 1963
Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Doctor Honoris Causa of Keiō University
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
William H. Nichols Medal
(1932)
Point in Time
: 1932
American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
(1934)
Point in Time
: 1934
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(3/29/1941)
Point in Time
: 3/29/1941
Priestley Medal
(1944)
Point in Time
: 1944
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Alger
(1944)
Point in Time
: 1944
Doctor Honoris Causa From the University of Lyon
(1947)
Point in Time
: 1947
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
(1953 - )
Start Time
: 1953
Ernst Reuter Medal
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
(1955)
Point in Time
: 1955
Honorary Doctor of the University of New Zealand
(1951)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Science (Honorary)
Point in Time
: 1951
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