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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 1980s (97) 1987 (9) 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 Asia (96) Asia, northeast (41) South Korea (2) Busan (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1989 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Middle Atlantic states (25) New Jersey (7) Salem (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) C (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) P (41) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) C (27) Charles (12) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 80 - 89 (56) 84 (4) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Chemists and Materials Scientists (111) Chemists (111) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 38. Worked for Corporation 38. Worked for Corporation North America (23) United States (23) Middle Atlantic states (9) Delaware (1) Wilmington (1) Du Pont (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (93) Alumni (38) complete name: Charles Pedersen nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1987 together with: Jean-Marie Lehn together with: Donald J. Cram prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987 was awarded jointly to Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Charles family name: Pedersen occupation: chemist field of work: organic chemistry description: Charles Pedersen was an American organic chemist best known for describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987 with Donald J. Cram and Jean-Marie Lehn. His Japanese first name was Yoshio (良男). He is the only Nobel Prize laureate born in Korea other than Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1987/summary/> date birth: 1904 date death: 1989 usual name: Charles Pedersen