| Authorised form of name | Taube; Henry (1915 - 2005) |
| Dates | 1915 - 2005 |
| Nationality | American |
| Date of birth | 30/11/1915 |
| Date of death | 16/11/2005 |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Inorganic chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
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 category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 30/06/1988 |
| Age at election | 72 |
| Source | Sources:
Obituary in 'The Times' (14 December 2005) |
| Code | NA4740 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1988/45 | Taube, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1984 |