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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) 1976 (9) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1910s (117) 1919 (6) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Middle Atlantic states (45) Ohio (7) Cleveland (2) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2010s (99) 2011 (12) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) Massachusetts (29) Cambridge (8) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) W (48) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) L (47) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name S-Z (69) W (37) William (20) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 58 (25) 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) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) Massachusetts (62) Harvard University (38) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Midwestern states (201) Minnesota (29) Minneapolis (29) University of Minnesota (29) Long-term academic staff (14) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Long-term academic staff (53) Western states (262) California (253) Pasadena (73) California Institute of Technology (73) Alumni (22) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Physical Society (113) E-P (571) I (60) International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (12) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Centenary Prize (31) I-J (268) J (208) John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) Q-Z (398) R (196) Remsen Award (4) complete name: William Lipscomb nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1976 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976 was awarded to William N. Lipscomb "for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: William family name: Lipscomb occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: chemistry work location: Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States of America description: William Lipscomb was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1976. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1976/summary/> date birth: 1919 date death: 2011 usual name: William Lipscomb