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| Born | Linus Carl Pauling, February 28, 1901, Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | August 19, 1994, Big Sur, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Quantum chemistry, Biochemistry |
| Institutions | As faculty member:Caltech (1927–1963):UC San Diego (1967–1969):Stanford (1969–1975) As fellow:Cornell University (1937–1938):University of Oxford (1948):Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1963–1967) |
| Education | Oregon State University (BS), California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Determination with X-Rays of the Structures of Crystals (1925) |
| Other academic advisors | Arnold Sommerfeld, Niels Bohr |
| Doctoral students | Martin Karplus, Jerry Donohue, Matthew Meselson, Robert E. Rundle, Edgar Bright Wilson, William Lipscomb, Leonard Lerman |
| Notable awards | ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1931), Irving Langmuir Award (1931), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1933), Davy Medal (1947), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954), Nobel Peace Prize (1962), Roebling Medal (1967), Lenin Peace Prize (1968–69), National Medal of Science (1974), Lomonosov Gold Medal (1977) |
| Children | 4, including Peter Pauling |
About Linus Pauling
Chemist Linus Pauling was born on February 28, 1901 in Portland, Oregon, United States (He dies at the age of 93, on August 19, 1994).
One of the most prominent chemists in history, he was an American scientist, biochemist, peace campaigner, author, and educator. He is one of only four people in history to earn two Nobel Prizes, one for chemistry in 1954 and the other for peace action in 1962.
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Linus Pauling before becoming famous
Linus Pauling was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1901 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Ox (牛).
Due to his father's failing business and his own early death, he was always in financial trouble.
Achievement of Linus Pauling
He turned down a post on the Manhattan Project in 1946 and joined the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, which was chaired by Physicist Albert Einstein and aimed to educate the public about the risks of nuclear weapons.
Linus Pauling's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
In 1923, he married Ava Helen Miller, with whom he had three sons and a daughter.
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