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Frederick Nye Tebbe | |
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| Born | March 20, 1935 |
| Died | September 28, 1995 (aged 60) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University, University of Indiana |
| Known for | Tebbe's reagent, borane chemistry |
| Spouse | Margaret Manzer |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organometallic Chemistry |
| Institutions | DuPont Central Research |
| Thesis | Studies of Interconversions of Boron Hydrides (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Riley Schaeffer |
Frederick Nye Tebbe was a chemist known for his work on organometallic chemistry. Tebbe was born in Oakland, California on March 20, 1935. His father, Charles L. Tebbe, worked for the United States Forest Service so Fred’s early education took place in Montana, Oregon, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Manzer in 1960, and they had a son (Andy, born in 1966) and a daughter (Sarah, born in 1971). He died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Delaware on September 28, 1995.