William Lipscomb
William N. Lipscomb Jr. | |
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| Born | William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. December 9, 1919 |
| Died | April 14, 2011 (aged 91) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | University of Kentucky (BS) California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Spouses | Mary Adele Sargent
(m. 1944; div. 1983)Jean Evans (m. 1983) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Peter Debye Award (1973) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1976) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear magnetic resonance Theoretical chemistry Boron chemistry Biochemistry |
| Workplaces | University of Minnesota Harvard University |
| Thesis | Part 1: Electron diffraction investigations of vanadium tetrachloride, dimethylketene dimer, tetrachloroethylene, and trichloroethylene Part 2: The Crystal Structure of Methylammonium Chloride (1946) |
| Linus Pauling | |
Doctoral students | |
Other notable students | Martha L. Ludwig Michael Rossmann Raymond C. Stevens |
William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. (December 9, 1919 – April 14, 2011) was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry.