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Walter Kohn
American physicist (1923–2016).
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Statements about
Walter Kohn
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Physicist
University Teacher
Chemist
Member Of
Royal Society
(1998)
Point in Time
:
1998
Austrian Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1994 - )
Start Time
:
1994
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Place of Birth
Vienna
Country of Citizenship
Canada
United States
Austria
Date of Birth
3/9/1923
Educated At
University of Toronto
Harvard University
Akademisches Gymnasium
Instance Of
Human
Image
Given Name
Walter
Award Received
18 items
UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal
(1998)
Point in Time
:
1998
Grand Officer of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1998)
Together With
:
John Pople
Award Rationale
:
för hans utveckling av täthetsfunktionalteorin
Award Rationale
:
for his development of the density-functional theory
Point in Time
:
1998
Prize Money
:
3,800,000 Swedish krona
Harvard Centennial Medal
(2001)
Point in Time
:
2001
Three Physicists Prize
(2002)
Point in Time
:
2002
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
(1961)
Point in Time
:
1961
Feenberg Medal
(1991)
Point in Time
:
1991
National Medal of Science
(1988)
Point in Time
:
1988
Honorary Doctor of the University of Vienna
(December 2012)
Point in Time
:
December 2012
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
(1999)
Point in Time
:
1999
Honorary Doctor of the Dresden University of Technology
(10/21/2002)
Point in Time
:
10/21/2002
Honorary Doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science
(1997)
Point in Time
:
1997
Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
(1977)
Point in Time
:
1977
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(1998)
Point in Time
:
1998
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University
(2012)
Point in Time
:
2012
Honorary Doctor of the Vienna Technical University
Guggenheim Fellowship
Honorary Doctorate From University of Paris-XI
(1980)
Point in Time
:
1980
Doctoral Advisor
Julian Schwinger
Date of Death
4/19/2016
Place of Death
Santa Barbara
Employer
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, San Diego
Carnegie Mellon University
Field of Work
Theoretical Physics
Family Name
Kohn
Cause of Death
Laryngeal Cancer
Academic Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Student Of
Julian Schwinger
Father
Notable Work
Different From
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Manner of Death
Natural Causes
Interested In
Physics
Salomon Kohn
Walter S. G. Kohn
Density Functional Theory
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