M. Frederick Hawthorne
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M. Frederick Hawthorne was a prominent American inorganic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in boron chemistry and leadership in the field.
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| M. Frederick Hawthorne canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: M. Frederick Hawthorne Context triple: [Priestley Medal, hasRecipient, M. Frederick Hawthorne]
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William Beecher
William Beecher was a member of the prominent 19th-century Beecher family, known for its influential religious and social reform figures in American history.
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John Mead Howells
John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
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Una Hawthorne
Una Hawthorne was the eldest daughter of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia Peabody, known from family letters and biographies as a sensitive and imaginative figure marked by fragile health and a troubled later life.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
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Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Gardiner Greene Hubbard was a 19th-century American lawyer, financier, and philanthropist best known as the first president of the National Geographic Society and an early backer and father-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell.
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Target entity: M. Frederick Hawthorne Target entity description: M. Frederick Hawthorne was a prominent American inorganic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in boron chemistry and leadership in the field.
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A.
William Beecher
William Beecher was a member of the prominent 19th-century Beecher family, known for its influential religious and social reform figures in American history.
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B.
John Mead Howells
John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
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C.
Una Hawthorne
Una Hawthorne was the eldest daughter of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia Peabody, known from family letters and biographies as a sensitive and imaginative figure marked by fragile health and a troubled later life.
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D.
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
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E.
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Gardiner Greene Hubbard was a 19th-century American lawyer, financier, and philanthropist best known as the first president of the National Geographic Society and an early backer and father-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American scientist
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academic ⓘ chemist ⓘ inorganic chemist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry
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King Faisal International Prize in Science ⓘ Priestley Medal ⓘ Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry ⓘ Willard Gibbs Medal ⓘ
surface form:
Willard Gibbs Award
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Donald J. Cram ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pomona College
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| employer |
University of California, Los Angeles
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University of Missouri ⓘ |
| familyName | Hawthorne ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
boron chemistry
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cluster chemistry ⓘ inorganic chemistry ⓘ |
| fullName | Marion Frederick Hawthorne ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Marion ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of boron neutron capture therapy
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modern inorganic cluster chemistry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
applications of boron compounds in medicine
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development of boron hydride chemistry ⓘ leadership in inorganic chemistry ⓘ pioneering work in boron chemistry ⓘ research on carboranes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Chemical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advanced the design of boron clusters for boron neutron capture therapy
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contributed to the development of carborane-based ligands ⓘ elucidated structures and bonding of polyhedral boranes ⓘ |
| notableStudent | William N. Lipscomb Jr. ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of medically relevant boron delivery agents
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research on polyhedral borane anions ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine at the University of Missouri
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professor of chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
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