Roald Hoffmann
Polish-American Nobel laureate chemist and playwright · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1937 · age 89
Roald Hoffmann is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kenichi Fukui “for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions”. He has also published plays, poetry and popular science.
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2019Marie Curie MedalAward2011Lomonosov Gold MedalAward2006American Institute of Chemists Gold MedalAward1998Kołos MedalAward1990Priestley MedalAward1987Honorary Doctor of the University of Rennes IAward1984Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1983National Medal of ScienceAward1981Nobel Prize in ChemistryAwardWilliam H. Nichols MedalAward1978Guggenheim FellowshipAward1974Linus Pauling AwardAward1973Arthur C. Cope AwardAward1969ACS Award in Pure ChemistryAward1937Born18 July 1937
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He is the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus at Cornell University.
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Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
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Born 1937 · age 89
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The same award as Roald
Ada YonathBoth received Marie Curie Medal
Glenn T. SeaborgBoth received George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
Joachim SauerBoth received Kołos Medal
John PopleBoth received Linus Pauling Award
Carolyn BertozziBoth received NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
Ryōji NoyoriBoth received Arthur C. Cope Award