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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 1990s (104) 1995 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1927 (14) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Middle Atlantic states (45) Ohio (7) Delaware (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2010s (99) 2012 (9) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Western states (63) California (53) Newport Beach (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) F (37) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) R (44) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) F (24) Frank (4) 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) 69 (28) 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) Western states (85) California (81) University of California (39) University of California Irvine (3) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) New Jersey (70) Princeton (65) Princeton University (65) Short-term academic staff (29) Midwestern states (201) Illinois (131) Chicago (107) University of Chicago (97) Alumni (34) Western states (262) California (253) University of California (159) Irvine (7) University of California, Irvine (7) Long-term academic staff (6) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Association for the Advancement of Science (95) American Philosophical Society (126) American Physical Society (113) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Einstein World Award of Science (4) C-D (404) D (194) Dickson Prize in Science (6) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) I-J (268) J (208) Japan Prize (8) K-L (297) L (183) Leo Szilard Lectureship Award (5) Q-Z (398) T (64) Tolman Award (7) Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (3) complete name: Frank Sherwood Rowland nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1995 together with: Mario José Molina y Henríquez together with: Paul Jozef Crutzen prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 was awarded jointly to Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland "for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Frank family name: Rowland occupation: professor occupation: author occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher field of work: chemistry work location: Princeton University, 1 Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544-0070, United States of America description: Frank Sherwood Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1995/summary/> date birth: 1927 date death: 2012 usual name: Frank Rowland
