Gerhard Herzberg

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry human physical chemist physicist spectroscopist

Gerhard Herzberg was a German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist renowned for his pioneering work in molecular spectroscopy, for which he received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Gerhard Herzberg canonical 9
Gerhard Herzberg Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971 1
Nobel laureate Gerhard Herzberg 1

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ
human ⓘ
physical chemist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
spectroscopist ⓘ
academicDegree Doctorate in engineering ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Copley Medal ⓘ
Frederic Ives Medal ⓘ
Henry Marshall Tory Medal ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Royal Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
countryOfDeath Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-12-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-03-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Technical University of Darmstadt ⓘ
surface form: Darmstadt University of Technology

University of Göttingen ⓘ
employer Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Institution for Science

National Research Council Canada ⓘ
University of Saskatchewan ⓘ
Yerkes Observatory ⓘ
familyName Herzberg ⓘ
fieldOfWork atomic physics ⓘ
molecular physics ⓘ
molecular spectroscopy ⓘ
physical chemistry ⓘ
givenName Gerhard ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf Order of Merit ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
Royal Society of Canada ⓘ
notableAchievement pioneering work in molecular spectroscopy of free radicals ⓘ
pioneering work on the electronic structure and geometry of molecules ⓘ
notableWork Herzberg trilogy on molecular spectra ⓘ
Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure ⓘ
occupation scientist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hamburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ottawa ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the Division of Pure Physics at the National Research Council Canada ⓘ
residence Ottawa ⓘ
Saskatoon ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Luise Oettinger ⓘ

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Oersted Medal → hasRecipient → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
Herzberg–Teller approximation → namedAfter → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
Herzberg Medal → namedAfter → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
Gerhard → hasNotableBearers → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
Herzberg → hasNotableBearer → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
Herzberg trilogy on molecular spectra → author → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
Herzberg trilogy on molecular spectra → associatedWith → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nobel laureate Gerhard Herzberg
Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure → author → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure → associatedWith → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gerhard Herzberg Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971
Luise Oettinger → spouse → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ
Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering → namedAfter → Gerhard Herzberg ⓘ