John Pople
Nobel prize winning British chemist (1925-2004)
Sir John Anthony Pople, KBE FRS (31 October 1925 – 15 March 2004)[1] was an English scientist. He was a Nobel Prize winning theoretical chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in the year 1998.
Sir John Pople | |
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| Born | 31 October 1925 |
| Died | 15 March 2004 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | England |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Known for | Computational methods in quantum chemistry |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1998) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical chemistry Quantum chemistry Computational chemistry |
| Doctoral advisor | John Lennard-Jones |
| Doctoral students | A. David Buckingham Martin Head-Gordon |
References
change- ↑ Frisch, Michael J. (17 March 2004). "Reflections on John Pople's Career and Legacy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
Other websites
change- Pople's autobiography
- Pople's early photo (1950's)
- John Pople Oral history (pdf) Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
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