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.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
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 → Royal Medal →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → Germany →
countryOfDeath	Canada →
dateOfBirth	1904-12-25 →
dateOfDeath	1999-03-03 →
educatedAt	Darmstadt University of Technology → University of Göttingen NERFINISHED →
employer	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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Herzberg Medal → Herzberg–Teller approximation →	namedAfter
Gerhard →	hasNotableBearers
Oersted Medal →	hasRecipient