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Henry Taube
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Henry Taube was a scientist born on November 30, 1915, and died on November 16, 2005. He was recognized as a Nobel Laureate, with a count of one award recorded. His work is acknowledged within the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Chemistry collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1983
“for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Palo Alto
- Child
- Karl Taube
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Family
- Taube
- Academic degree
- Master of Science
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Henry Taube - HD.3F.005 (11086397086).jpg
- Residence
- Saskatchewan
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- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of birth
- 1915-11-30
- date of death
- 2005-11-16
- Commons category
- Henry Taube
- name in native language
- Henry Taube
- interested in
- chemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry Taube FRSC (November 30, 1915 – November 16, 2005) was a Canadian-born American chemist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the second Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize, and remains the only Saskatchewanian-born Nobel laureate. Taube completed his undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of Saskatchewan, and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. After finishing graduate school, Taube worked at Cornell University, the University of Chicago and Stanford University.
In addition to the Nobel Prize, Taube also received many other major scientific awards, including the Priestley Medal in 1985 and two Guggenheim Fellowships early in his career (1949 and 1955), as well as numerous honorary doctorates. His research focused on redox reactions, transition metals and the use of isotopically labeled compounds to follow reactions. He had over 600 publications including one book, and had mentored over 200 students during his career. Taube and his wife Mary had three children; his son Karl is an anthropologist at the University of California Riverside.
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