more general categories |
information about this item |
|
10. Noble Prize |
|
|
|
10. Noble Prize |
|
|
Chemistry (180) |
|
|
Peace (130) |
|
|
11. Award Year |
|
|
|
11. Award Year |
|
|
1954 (8) |
|
|
1962 (8) |
|
|
12. Winner Type |
|
|
|
12. Winner Type |
|
|
Person (904) |
|
|
13. Gender |
|
|
|
13. Gender |
|
|
Male (853) |
|
|
14. Birth Year |
|
|
|
14. Birth Year |
|
|
1901 (10) |
|
|
15. Place of Birth |
|
|
|
15. Place of Birth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portland (1) |
|
|
16. Death Year |
|
|
|
16. Death Year |
|
|
1994 (10) |
|
|
17. Place of Death |
|
|
|
17. Place of Death |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Big Sur (2) |
|
|
19. Given Name |
|
|
|
19. Given Name |
|
|
L (30) |
|
|
20. Family Name |
|
|
|
20. Family Name |
|
|
P (41) |
|
|
23. Religion |
|
|
|
23. Religion |
|
|
Atheism (75) |
|
|
24. Age at Award Time |
|
|
|
24. Age at Award Time |
|
|
54 (21) |
|
|
25. Winner - Two Awards |
|
|
|
25. Winner - Two Awards |
|
|
Two (5) |
|
|
32. Occupations |
|
|
|
32. Occupations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chemists (111) |
|
|
34. Citizens |
|
|
|
34. Citizens |
|
|
United States (307) |
|
|
37. Worked for College or University |
|
|
|
37. Worked for College or University |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
California Institute of Technology (18) |
|
|
42. Affilliation with College or University |
|
|
|
42. Affilliation with College or University |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term academic staff (10) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term academic staff (26) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term academic staff (9) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term academic staff (36) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alumni (22) |
|
|
Long-term academic staff (21) |
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term academic staff (46) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term academic staff (51) |
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term academic staff (16) |
|
|
43. Affilliation with Secondary School |
|
|
|
43. Affilliation with Secondary School |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Washington High School (1) |
|
|
44. Memberships |
|
|
|
44. Memberships |
|
|
|
|
|
Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) |
|
|
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) |
|
|
American Philosophical Society (126) |
|
|
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (67) |
|
|
|
|
|
French Academy of Sciences (89) |
|
|
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) |
|
|
International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (12) |
|
|
National Academy of Sciences (334) |
|
|
|
|
|
Royal Society (294) |
|
|
Royal Society of Edinburgh (19) |
|
|
Russian Academy of Sciences (144) |
|
|
45. Other Awards |
|
|
|
45. Other Awards |
|
|
|
|
|
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
California Hall of Fame (2) |
|
|
Davy Medal (30) |
|
|
|
|
|
Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) |
|
|
|
|
|
Gandhi Peace Award (2) |
|
|
Humanist of the Year (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (102) |
|
|
|
|
|
Lavoisier Medal (10) |
|
|
Lenin Peace Prize (5) |
|
|
Lomonosov Gold Medal (23) |
|
|
|
|
|
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (8) |
|
|
National Medal of Science (101) |
|
|
|
|
|
Priestley Medal (15) |
|
|
|
|
|
Roebling Medal (2) |
|
|
Tolman Award (7) |
|
|
Willard Gibbs Award (26) |
|
|
46. Carnegie Hall Performer |
|
|
|
46. Carnegie Hall Performer |
|
|
Performer (31) |
|
|
complete name: |
Linus Carl Pauling |
nobel prize: |
chemistry |
award year: |
1954 |
prize share: |
Prize share: 1/1 |
rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954 was awarded to Linus Carl Pauling "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances." |
biography: |
Biography 1954 |
laureate facts: |
Facts 1954 |
laureate lecture: |
Lecture 1954 |
nobel prize: |
peace |
award year: |
1962 |
prize share: |
Prize share: 1/1 |
biography: |
Biography 1962 |
laureate facts: |
Facts 1962 |
laureate lecture: |
Lecture 1962 |
given name: |
Linus |
family name: |
Pauling |
occupation: |
physicist |
occupation: |
chemist |
occupation: |
Esperantist |
occupation: |
university teacher |
occupation: |
biochemist |
occupation: |
peace activist |
field of work: |
biochemistry |
field of work: |
physical chemistry |
field of work: |
quantum chemistry |
work location: |
California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, United States of America |
description: |
Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time, and as of 2000, he was rated the 16th most important scientist in history. Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. In 1962, for his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This makes him the only person to be awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. He is one of only four individuals to have won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being Marie Curie, John Bardeen, and Frederick Sanger). Pauling is also one of only two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Marie Curie. Pauling also worked on DNA's structure, a problem which was solved by James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins. In his later years he promoted nuclear disarmament, as well as orthomolecular medicine, megavitamin therapy, and dietary supplements. None of the latter have gained acceptance in the mainstream scientific community. |
image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1954/summary/> |
image citation: |
The Nobel Peace Prize 1962. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1962/summary/> |
date birth: |
1901 |
date death: |
1994 |
usual name: |
Linus Pauling |