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Henry Taube

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Canadian-born American chemist (1915–2005)

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Henry Taube (1915–2005) was a Swedish male author and artist. His musical output is categorized under the genres of swedish and visa. He is recognized in the Royal Society, American Academy Arts Sciences, and Nobel Laureates collections, as well as the Nobel Chemistry collection.

Taube’s written works include *Progress in inorganic chemistry* and *Electron transfer reactions of complex ions in solution*. Records indicate he has five works associated with Crossref and two with Open Library. He received one Nobel Prize.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1915
Died
2005
Works
2

Top works

  • Progress in inorganic chemistry
  • Electron transfer reactions of complex ions in solution

via Open Library + Wikidata

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1983

    for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes

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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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