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Herbert C. Brown
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American chemist (1912–2004)
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Herbert Charles Brown was a British-born American chemist, university teacher, and writer. He was educated at the University of Chicago and held positions at Purdue University, Wayne State University, and the University of Chicago. His doctoral advisor was Hermann Irving Schlesinger. Brown worked in the field of organic chemistry and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and is recognized in the Nobel Laureates, Nobel Chemistry, American Academy Arts Sciences, and National Medal of Science collections. His notable works include *Boranes in Organic Chemistry*, *Organoboranes for syntheses*, *The Nonclassical Ion Problem*, *In memory of H. L. Meerwein*, and *Explorations in the Nonclassical Ion Area*. He had seven works listed in the Open Library. His students included Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki.
Brown was born in London in 1912 and died in West Lafayette in 2004. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. His cause of death was myocardial infarction, classified as natural causes. He spoke English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Boranes in Organic Chemistry
- Organoboranes for syntheses
- The Nonclassical Ion Problem
- In memory of H. L. Meerwein
- Explorations in the Nonclassical Ion Area (Tetrahedron Reports)
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1979
“for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- West Lafayette
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Hermann Irving Schlesinger
- Field of work
- organic chemistry
- Image
- 33. Tagung 1983 Chemiker Herbert C. Brown - W134Nr.120809d - Willy Pragher (cropped).jpg
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1912-00-00
- date of death
- 2004-12-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- birth name
- Herbert Charles Brown
- name in native language
- Herbert Charles Brown
- student
- Akira Suzuki
- Commons category
- Herbert C. Brown
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Encyclopedic overview
Herbert Charles Brown (22 May 1912 – 19 December 2004) was an American chemist and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work with organoboranes.
Life and career
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