F. Sherwood Rowland - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1995
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F. Sherwood Rowland

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 1995
for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
6/28/1927
place of birth
Delaware
date of death
3/10/2012
place of death
Newport Beach
Lived
84 years
educated at
  • University of Chicago
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: chemistry
    • end time: 1952
    • start time: 1948
  • Ohio Wesleyan University
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1978
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1995
  • Royal Society of London
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Physical Society
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
employer
  • Princeton University
  • University of Kansas
  • University of California, Irvine
field of work
  • chemistry
  • environmental chemistry
occupation
  • author
  • chemist
  • university teacher
  • environmental chemist
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