Gerhard Herzberg

The Honourable
Gerhard Herzberg
PC CC FRSC FRS
Gerhard Herzberg, London 1952
Born
Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg

December 25, 1904
Hamburg, Imperial Germany
DiedMarch 3, 1999(1999-03-03) (aged 94)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materTechnische Universität Darmstadt
Awards
Scientific career
Fieldsphysical chemist
InstitutionsCarleton University, National Research Council of Canada, University of Saskatchewan, University of Chicago
Doctoral advisorHans Rau [de]
Doctoral studentsTakeshi Oka

Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, PC CC FRSC FRS[1] (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbɛʁk] ⓘ; December 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals".[2] Herzberg's main work concerned atomic and molecular spectroscopy. He is well known for using these techniques that determine the structures of diatomic and polyatomic molecules, including free radicals which are difficult to investigate in any other way, and for the chemical analysis of astronomical objects. Herzberg served as Chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada from 1973 to 1980.

  1. ^ a b Stoicheff, B. P. (2003). "Gerhard Herzberg PC CC. 25 December 1904 - 3 March 1999". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 49: 179–195. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0011. S2CID 72703418.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1971". Nobel Media. Retrieved 2010-12-31.