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Authorised form of nameTaube; Henry (1915 - 2005)
Dates1915 - 2005
NationalityAmerican
Date of birth30/11/1915
Date of death16/11/2005
OccupationChemist
Research fieldChemistry
Inorganic chemistry
ActivityEducation:
Born on a farm in Neudorf, Saskatchewan, Canada; University of Saskatchewan, BSc (1935) and MSc (1937); University of Berkeley, PhD (1940)
Career:
Cornell University, New York, 1941-1945 (Assistant Professor, then Professor); University of Chicago, 1945-1962 (Assistant Professor, then Professor); Stanford University, 1962-1986. Author of over 350 published scientific articles. Best known for discovering how redox (reduction and oxidation) reactions occur.
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1983
Honours:
US National Medal of Science, 1977
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election30/06/1988
Age at election72
SourceSources:
Obituary in 'The Times' (14 December 2005)
CodeNA4740
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1988/45Taube, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society1984
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