Henry Eyring

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Henry Eyring was a prominent theoretical chemist known for his development of transition state theory and major contributions to chemical kinetics and reaction-rate theory.

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instanceOf human
physical chemist
theoretical chemist
academicDegree PhD in chemistry
awardReceived ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
National Medal of Science
Priestley Medal
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
birthDate 1901-02-20
birthPlace Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
citizenshipChange naturalized citizen of the United States
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
United States of America
deathDate 1981-12-26
doctoralAdvisor Theodore William Richards
educatedAt University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
employer Princeton University
University of Utah
ethnicGroup Mormon colonist of Mexican origin
familyName Eyring
fieldOfWork chemical kinetics
reaction-rate theory
theoretical chemistry
givenName Henry
hasChild Henry B. Eyring
influenced applications of transition state theory in chemistry
development of modern chemical kinetics
knownFor Eyring equation
absolute rate theory
significant contributions to chemical kinetics
significant contributions to reaction-rate theory
transition state theory
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Academy of Sciences
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
name Henry Eyring self-link
notableIdea application of statistical mechanics to reaction rates
potential energy surface concept in reaction dynamics
notableWork Quantum Chemistry (book, co-authored)
Significant papers on transition state theory
The Theory of Rate Processes (book, co-authored)
placeOfDeath Salt Lake City
surface form: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
positionHeld Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Utah
Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University
religion Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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