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Edgar Bright Wilson

American theoretical chemist and university teacher (1908-1992) · United States · Academics · Died at 83

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Edgar Bright Wilson Jr. was an American chemist.

A life in dates

1992Died12 July 19921982Elliott Cresson MedalAward1979Ellis R. Lippincott AwardAwardWillard Gibbs AwardAward1978Earle K. Plyler PrizeAwardWelch Award in ChemistryAward1975National Medal of ScienceAward1973Rumford PrizeAward1970Centenary PrizeAwardGuggenheim FellowshipAward1966James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of ChemistryAward1962Peter Debye Award in Physical ChemistryAward1949Guggenheim FellowshipAward1937ACS Award in Pure ChemistryAward1930Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1908Born18 December 1908

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Awards

Elliott Cresson Medal1982
Willard Gibbs Award1979
Ellis R. Lippincott Award1979
Earle K. Plyler Prize1978
Welch Award in Chemistry1978
National Medal of Science1975
Rumford Prize1973
Linus Pauling Award1972
Centenary Prize1970
Guggenheim Fellowship1970
James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry1966
Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry1962
Guggenheim Fellowship1949
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry1937
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship1930
Fellow of the American Physical Society

In their orbit

Child: Kenneth G. Wilson

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1992 · aged 83

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