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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1970s (104) 1971 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1904 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Hamburg (6) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1999 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) Canada (6) Ottawa (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) G (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) H (72) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) G (35) Gerhard (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 68 (24) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Astronomers (16) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) Canada (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Göttingen (44) University of Göttingen (44) Short-term academic staff (17) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Bristol (9) University of Bristol (9) Short-term academic staff (3) North America (529) United States (521) Midwestern states (201) Illinois (131) Chicago (107) University of Chicago (97) Long-term academic staff (45) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) H (88) Hungarian Academy of Sciences (61) I (60) International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (12) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) Royal Society of Canada (9) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (111) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) B (132) Bakerian Lecture (30) C-D (404) C (272) Centenary Prize (31) Chemical Institute of Canada Medal (2) Companion of the Order of Canada (8) D (194) doctor honoris causa (31) E-F (439) E (135) Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy (4) F (394) Faraday Lectureship Prize (22) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (7) Frederic Ives Medal (9) G-H (389) H (196) Henry Marshall Tory Medal (4) Q-Z (398) R (196) Royal Medal (50) W (157) Willard Gibbs Award (26) complete name: Gerhard Herzberg nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1971 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971 was awarded to Gerhard Herzberg "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Gerhard family name: Herzberg occupation: astronomer occupation: physicist occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: physical chemistry work location: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany description: Gerhard Herzberg was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He is well known for using these techniques that determine the structures of diatomic and polyatomic molecules, including free radicals which are difficult to investigate in any other way, and for the chemical analysis of astronomical objects. Herzberg served as Chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada from 1973 to 1980. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1971/summary/> date birth: 1904 date death: 1999 usual name: Gerhard Herzberg
