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Charles J. Pedersen
American organic chemist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1904 to 1989 · aged 85
Charles John Pedersen was an American organic chemist best known for discovering crown ethers and describing methods of synthesizing them during his entire 42-year career as a chemist for DuPont at DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, and at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in Deepwater, New Jersey.
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Often associated with Reed McNeil Izatt, Pedersen also shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 with Donald J. Cram and Jean-Marie Lehn. He is one of three Nobel Prize laureates born in Korea, along with Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung and Literature laureate Han Kang.
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Wallace CarothersBoth received Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical AchievementNathaniel WyethBoth received Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical Achievement
Joseph ShiversBoth received Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical Achievement
