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William A. Noyes

American chemist (1857-1941) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 83

William Albert Noyes was an American analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights, chaired the chemistry department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1907 to 1926, was the founder and editor of several important chemical journals, and received the American...

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1941Died24 October 19411935Priestley MedalAward1919Willard Gibbs AwardAward1909William H. Nichols MedalAward1857Born6 November 1857

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Priestley Medal1935
Willard Gibbs Award1919
William H. Nichols Medal1909

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He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights, chaired the chemistry department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1907 to 1926, was the founder and editor of several important chemical journals, and received the American Chemical Society's highest award, the Priestley Medal, in 1935.

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Lived 1857 to 1941 · aged 83